Virginia Mason Medical Center-Ophthalmology, Seattle: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1104973619
- Legal business name
- Virginia Mason Medical Center
- Registered trading name
- Virginia Mason Medical Center-Ophthalmology
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Practice location
- 1100 9TH Ave
Seattle, WA 98101-2756 - Phone on the record
- (206) 223-6600
- NPI issued
- January 5, 2007
- Record last updated by the practice
- August 7, 2024
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
- County
- King County
- Parent organization
- Virginia Mason Medical Center
- Organization subpart
- Yes, this location bills as a subpart of a larger organization
- Locations under this name
- 2 registered nationally
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Virginia Mason Medical Center and registered Virginia Mason Medical Center-Ophthalmology as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. CMS records this location as a subpart of Virginia Mason Medical Center, meaning it bills under its own NPI but belongs to a larger organization. 2 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 August 2024, putting it among the 86 of 505 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Seattle holds 95 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 74 of them optometry and 21 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 98101. 19 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Virginia Mason Medical Center-Optometry in Seattle, 0.0 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 Washington boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Also registered at this address
1 other organization holds an NPI at the same street address. Shared suites and multi-specialty buildings are common, and it is worth knowing which entity you are actually booking with.
| Organization | Registered as | Record updated |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia Mason Medical Center-Optometry | Optometry | August 2024 |
Nearest registered practices
417 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro itself there are 505, 94 of them elsewhere in Seattle. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Mason Medical Center-Optometry | Seattle | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (206) 223-6600 |
| Eye Associates Northwest, PLLC | Seattle | Ophthalmology | 0.1 mi | (206) 215-2020 |
| Blink Optical LLC | Seattle | Optometry | 0.2 mi | (206) 323-3937 |
| Vitreoretinal Associates | Seattle | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (206) 215-3850 |
| Glaucoma Consultants NW P.S. | Seattle | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (206) 682-3447 |
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 Virginia Mason Medical Center-Ophthalmology. 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 407 optometry practices on the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue page if you only need a prescription.