University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1851361471
- Legal business name
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist; Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist; Ophthalmology, Neuro-ophthalmology; Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Specialist; Ophthalmology, Cornea and External Diseases Specialist
- Practice location
- 5323 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, TX 75390-7208 - Phone on the record
- (214) 645-0624
- NPI issued
- January 25, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- October 16, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
- County
- Dallas County
- Parent organization
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- Locations under this name
- 3 registered nationally
- Duplicate registrations at this address
- 1 additional NPI for the same name and address, folded into this record
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Optometrist, Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist and Ophthalmology, Neuro-ophthalmology, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. CMS records this location as a subpart of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. 3 locations nationally are registered under the same name, so pricing and policies are likely to be set at group level rather than at this office. The entry was refreshed in October 2025, putting it among the 225 of 1,153 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Dallas holds 177 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 126 of them optometry and 51 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 75390. 1 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Garnett S. Payser M.D.P.a in Dallas, 0.5 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
820 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro itself there are 1,153, 176 of them elsewhere in Dallas. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garnett S. Payser M.D.P.a | Dallas | Ophthalmology | 0.5 mi | (214) 688-0515 |
| Cedar Springs Eye Clinic | Dallas | Optometry | 1.0 mi | (214) 528-7354 |
| Optical Clinic | Dallas | Optometry | 1.5 mi | (214) 741-6660 |
| John G McHenry MD Mph PLLC | Dallas | Ophthalmology | 1.7 mi | (469) 713-7265 |
| Now See Here LLC | Dallas | Optometry | 1.7 mi | (214) 521-0929 |
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 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. 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 953 optometry practices on the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington page if you only need a prescription.