Shah Eye Center PA, Mission: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1639114291
- Legal business name
- Shah Eye Center, P.A.
- Registered trading name
- Shah Eye Center PA
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Other registered specialties
- Optometrist
- Practice location
- 1506 E Griffin Pkwy
Mission, TX 78572-2424 - Phone on the record
- (956) 583-0202
- NPI issued
- June 18, 2006
- Record last updated by the practice
- June 30, 2023
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
- County
- Hidalgo County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Shah Eye Center, P.A. and registered Shah Eye Center PA 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, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was last refreshed in June 2023. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 8 of 57 records were updated in 2024 or later and 37 predate 2020.
For local context: Mission holds 3 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 1 of them optometry and 2 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 78572. No other practice in the city took its NPI earlier than this one, which makes it the longest-registered address here. The closest is Valley Vitreoretinal Consultants in Mission, 0.7 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
56 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro itself there are 57, 2 of them elsewhere in Mission. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Vitreoretinal Consultants | Mission | Ophthalmology | 0.7 mi | (956) 271-4719 |
| Juan J Barajas Inc | Mission | Optometry | 0.9 mi | (956) 581-6151 |
| Family Vision Care | Palmview | Optometry | 4.4 mi | (956) 519-3350 |
| Hammond Vision Center | McAllen | Optometry | 4.6 mi | (956) 682-2141 |
| Medina Vision Care PLLC | McAllen | Optometry | 4.6 mi | (956) 682-2141 |
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 Shah Eye Center PA, and ophthalmology practices do not publish fee schedules. Customers report paying $150 to $300 or more 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 Shah Eye Center PA for its self-pay price.
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 39 optometry practices on the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission page if you only need a prescription.