Carter Keith Andersen, O.D.
Optometrist · Santa Barbara, CA
Carter Keith Andersen, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Santa Barbara, California, and NPI 1427344142, issued on Jun 21, 2011. Check the license (California 14172, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Carter Keith Andersen
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 14172 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1 S Milpas St, Santa Barbara, CA 93103
- Phone
- (805) 884-8465
- Enumerated
- Jun 21, 2011
- Record last updated
- Jun 21, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (805) 884-8467
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20171117000971); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern California College Of Optometry, 2011
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1 S Milpas St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Barry Mast, O.D.Optometrist1396996203
- Joshua Pe, ODOptometrist1770316176
Verify Carter Keith Andersen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 14172Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
83% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
46 Medicare Part D claims for 21 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 63% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost24 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 85.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $634.01
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 34,453 providers of this specialty with any payment received $769.99 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Goleta Valley Optometry IncSanta Barbara, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Carter Keith Andersen among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Carter Keith Andersen, O.D. is one of 8,308 optometrist records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 61% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 61% of these records are older, 36% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 152W00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in California
There are 8,308 optometrist records in California.
All 8,308 in California → Every provider in Santa Barbara → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Barry Mast, O.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931031396996203
- Joshua Pe, ODSanta Barbara, CA 931031770316176
- Larry Bickford, O.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931051902949118
- Stephanie Burris, O.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931011871666057
- David Burroughs, O.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931011689789331
- Corinne Chick, ODSanta Barbara, CA 931051033637574
- Lauren Gonzalez, ODSanta Barbara, CA 931011245519966
- Tem Gronquist, O.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931011316918915
Common questions
What is Carter Keith Andersen, O.D.'s NPI number?
Carter Keith Andersen, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427344142, issued on Jun 21, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Carter Keith Andersen, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1 S Milpas St, Santa Barbara, CA, 93103. Phone: (805) 884-8465. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Carter Keith Andersen, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 14172, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Carter Keith Andersen, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Carter Keith Andersen, O.D. had 46 Medicare Part D claims for 21 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Carter Keith Andersen, O.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 85.5 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.