Eye Institute of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1710086368
- Legal business name
- Ravi Krishnan MD PA
- Registered trading name
- Eye Institute of Corpus Christi
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 5729 Esplanade Dr
Corpus Christi, TX 78414-4138 - Phone on the record
- (361) 991-3800
- NPI issued
- September 21, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- December 7, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Corpus Christi, TX
- County
- Nueces County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Ravi Krishnan MD PA and registered Eye Institute of Corpus Christi as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was last refreshed in December 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 6 of 44 records were updated in 2024 or later and 27 predate 2020.
For local context: Corpus Christi holds 38 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 24 of them optometry and 14 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 78414. 7 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Christopher Majka MD PLLC in Corpus Christi, 0.2 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
41 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Corpus Christi metro itself there are 44, 37 of them elsewhere in Corpus Christi. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Majka MD PLLC | Corpus Christi | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (361) 334-2625 |
| Coastal Bend Retina, P.A. | Corpus Christi | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (361) 980-1115 |
| South Texas Retina Consultants, LLP | Corpus Christi | Retina | 0.4 mi | (361) 993-8510 |
| Alsup Eyecare PLLC | Corpus Christi | Optometry | 0.6 mi | (361) 929-5319 |
| Vision Boutique | Corpus Christi | Optometry | 0.7 mi | (361) 854-1460 |
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 Eye Institute of Corpus Christi. 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 30 optometry practices on the Corpus Christi page if you only need a prescription.