NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist in South Carolina

12 NPPES records list corneal and contact management optometrist with a practice address in South Carolina, 0.2 per 100,000 residents, the 37th highest rate of 51. Charleston and Columbia have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the South Carolina license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 152WC0802X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Charleston has the most, 3

  1. Charleston3
  2. Columbia3
  3. Anderson1
  4. Beaufort1
  5. Florence1

Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist records in South Carolina

  1. William Allen, O.D.Charleston, SC 294141891876603
  2. Gary Appel, O.D.Charleston, SC 294071457431041
  3. Thomas Edewaard, O.D.Summerville, SC 294851417987512
  4. Andrew Hardison, OD, MPHColumbia, SC 292071770081465
  5. Joseph Hopkins, O.D.Anderson, SC 296211952305211
  6. Stephen Masone, ODColumbia, SC 292121609904358
  7. Boston Perkins, O.D.Florence, SC 295011902357791
  8. Norris Philbeck, ODMc Clellanville, SC 294581275608499
  9. Heber Sims, O.D.Spartanburg, SC 293011588661649
  10. Thomas Spitz, ODCharleston, SC 294071174677280
  11. Gary White, OD OPTOMETRISTColumbia, SC 292101922058767
  12. Farah WiseBeaufort, SC 299021851350201

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 152WC0802X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

South Carolina ranks 37 of 51 per resident

  1. Wisconsin0.2
  2. New Mexico0.2
  3. Oregon0.2
  4. South Carolina0.2
  5. Michigan0.2
  6. Kentucky0.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.3

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 152WC0802X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

66.7% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 65.8% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. South Carolina66.7%
  2. United States65.8%

Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist records in South Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file8 of 12 · 66.7% here, 65.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file6 · 50.0% here, 47.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more9 · 75.0% here, 74.3% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 152WC0802X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

12 NPPES records list corneal and contact management optometrist (152WC0802X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Carolina: 0.2 per 100,000 residents against 0.3 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Charleston has 3 of them (25%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Arizona12
  2. Idaho12
  3. Connecticut14
  4. Oklahoma10

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Oregon0.2
  2. Wisconsin0.2
  3. Michigan0.2
  4. North Carolina0.2

The largest states

  1. California161
  2. Texas112
  3. New York82
  4. Florida75
  5. Pennsylvania55

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record 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.