Optic Trend, Brownsville: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1396073300
- Legal business name
- Mqz, Inc
- Registered trading name
- Optic Trend
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist, Low Vision Rehabilitation
- Practice location
- 3001 Pablo Kisel Blvd, Suite E
Brownsville, TX 78526-4278 - Phone on the record
- (956) 793-2160
- NPI issued
- December 2, 2009
- Record last updated by the practice
- May 31, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
- County
- Cameron County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Mqz, Inc and registered Optic Trend as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, Low Vision Rehabilitation, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was last refreshed in May 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 3 of 20 records were updated in 2024 or later and 10 predate 2020.
For local context: Brownsville holds 14 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 9 of them optometry and 5 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 78526. 4 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Texan Coast Eye Care & Surgery in Brownsville, 1.2 miles away.
None of this is a licensing check. CMS issues an NPI so a provider can be identified in billing transactions, and states plainly that issuance does not ensure or validate that the holder is licensed or credentialed. The Texas boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
19 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Brownsville-Harlingen metro itself there are 20, 13 of them elsewhere in Brownsville. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texan Coast Eye Care & Surgery | Brownsville | Ophthalmology | 1.2 mi | (956) 542-3930 |
| Valley Cataract & Retina Clinic | Brownsville | Ophthalmology | 1.4 mi | (956) 542-6945 |
| Maria del Carmen Z Campos | Brownsville | Optometry | 1.8 mi | (956) 459-7325 |
| South Texas Eye Centers PA | Brownsville | Ophthalmology | 2.4 mi | (956) 541-1013 |
| Alexander Pradip Sudarshan | Brownsville | Ophthalmology | 2.4 mi | (956) 541-4828 |
Distances are straight line between registered practice locations, not driving distance. Records placed at a ZIP centroid rather than a matched street address are excluded from this comparison.
What to expect to pay at an optometry practice like this
The NPI registry holds no prices, so nothing here is a quote from Optic Trend, and independent optometry practices do not publish fee schedules. Customers report paying $120 to $200 at this kind of practice without insurance, which is a reported band rather than a published price. The nearest published figure is $95, the median starting fee across the 1,280 US retail optical stores that print one (30 September 2026), and Medicare pays $149.64 for a comprehensive new-patient exam (CPT 92004). Ask Optic Trend for its self-pay price.
Ask two things when you call: whether the quoted fee includes the refraction, and what a contact lens fitting adds if you wear lenses (the median published contact-lens fee is $129). A comprehensive exam is $80 to $120 at the middle half of stores that print a price. If price is the deciding factor, the 20 practices on the Brownsville-Harlingen page give you the full local field to call around.