The Optical Shoppe, Midland: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1528115185
- Legal business name
- S.L. Hankinson
- Registered trading name
- The Optical Shoppe
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Practice location
- 3415 Andrews Hwy
Midland, TX 79703-5149 - Phone on the record
- (432) 689-0444
- NPI issued
- January 5, 2007
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 3, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS September 2026
- Metro area
- Midland, TX
- County
- Midland County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name S.L. Hankinson and registered The Optical Shoppe as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was refreshed in September 2026, putting it among the 6 of 15 Midland records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Midland holds 15 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 11 of them optometry and 4 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 79703. 2 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is The Surgical Center of Midland in Midland, 0.9 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
32 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Midland metro itself there are 15, 14 of them elsewhere in Midland. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Surgical Center of Midland | Midland | Ophthalmology | 0.9 mi | (432) 694-6517 |
| Ronald W. Ingram, MD PA | Midland | Ophthalmology | 0.9 mi | (432) 694-0999 |
| Phillips Eye Clinic | Midland | Optometry | 1.2 mi | (432) 689-0323 |
| Optics Unique PLLC | Midland | Optometry | 1.3 mi | (432) 699-1300 |
| Texas Country Eye Care | Midland | Optometry | 1.7 mi | (432) 684-7287 |
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 The Optical Shoppe. Based on this site's own price research, an independent optometry practice typically charges $120 to $200 for an exam without insurance, against a national average of about $136 and roughly $25 once a vision plan pays its share.
Ask two things when you call: whether the quoted fee includes the refraction, and what a contact lens fitting adds if you wear lenses, since that takes a visit to $150 to $370. A comprehensive exam is $100 to $250. If price is the deciding factor, the 15 practices on the Midland page give you the full local field to call around.