Mandell Retina Center PC, Virginia Beach: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1861525305
- Legal business name
- Mandell Retina Center PC
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist (207WX0107X)
- Other registered specialties
- Ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 397 Little Neck Rd, 3300 South Building Suite 202
Virginia Beach, VA 23452-5765 - Phone on the record
- (757) 227-4300
- NPI issued
- March 13, 2007
- Record last updated by the practice
- September 30, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
- County
- Virginia Beach city
- 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 September 2025, putting it among the 19 of 208 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Virginia Beach holds 58 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 46 of them optometry and 12 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 23452. 16 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Shalane Perlowsky OD PC in Virginia Beach, 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 Virginia boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
152 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro itself there are 208, 57 of them elsewhere in Virginia Beach. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shalane Perlowsky OD PC | Virginia Beach | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (757) 463-1508 |
| National Optometry | Virginia Beach | Optometry | 0.7 mi | (757) 486-1712 |
| Myeyedr. | Virginia Beach | Optometry | 0.7 mi | (757) 486-1712 |
| Lightworks Vision PLLC | Virginia Beach | Ophthalmology | 1.4 mi | (757) 689-7923 |
| Atlantic Eyecare | Virginia Beach | Optometry | 1.6 mi | (757) 340-7070 |
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 Mandell Retina Center PC, 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 Mandell Retina Center PC 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 165 optometry practices on the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk page if you only need a prescription.