Valley Laser Center PA, Harlingen: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1841398013
- Legal business name
- Valley Laser Center PA
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist (207WX0107X)
- Other registered specialties
- Ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 2113 Haine Dr
Harlingen, TX 78550 - Phone on the record
- (956) 425-3937
- NPI issued
- September 20, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- July 14, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
- County
- Cameron County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Ophthalmology, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was refreshed in July 2025, putting it among the 3 of 20 Brownsville-Harlingen records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Harlingen holds 5 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 4 of them optometry and 1 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 78550. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is Harlingen Eye Clinic in Harlingen, 0.1 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
28 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, 4 of them elsewhere in Harlingen. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlingen Eye Clinic | Harlingen | Optometry | 0.1 mi | (956) 425-8558 |
| Eyear-Harlengen | Harlingen | Optometry | 0.5 mi | (956) 969-4750 |
| Valley Vision Clinic | Harlingen | Optometry | 1.7 mi | (956) 423-4333 |
| Ophthalmic Consultants of Texas P.A. | Harlingen | Optometry | 5.3 mi | (956) 423-2100 |
| Los Fresnos Eye Clinic & Optical Inc. | Los Fresnos | Optometry | 13.4 mi | (956) 233-5252 |
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 ophthalmology practice like this
The NPI registry holds no prices, so nothing here is a quote from Valley Laser Center PA. Based on this site's own price research, an ophthalmology practice typically charges $150 to $300 or more for an exam without insurance, against a national average of about $136 and roughly $25 once a vision plan pays its share.
Ophthalmology visits are usually medical rather than routine, which changes who pays: medical insurance and Medicare Part B cover a medically necessary exam, while a routine refraction for glasses is normally not covered. Ask whether the visit will be billed as medical or routine before you book, and compare with the 14 optometry practices on the Brownsville-Harlingen page if you only need a prescription.