Glaucoma Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician

NUCC 207WX0009X · Ophthalmology

383 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 42 states · 370th of 690 specialties by headcount.

383
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
42
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
60 providers
$4K
Open Pay avg
122nd of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Glaucoma Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician ranks 370th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.01% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Massachusetts leads.

383
NPPES providers in specialty
370th
of 690 specialties
625
state-share HHI
93.7%
Part D prescriber share

Massachusetts is densest per capita (2× the national rate; Pennsylvania 1.8×); 1.5% of the Ophthalmology category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Glaucoma Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician (NUCC 207WX0009X; 93.7% Part D prescribers (359 of 383); avg 3,029 Part D claims/prescriber (28th of 572); Open Payments avg $4K/physician (122nd of 551; 320 paid, $1.2M total); state-share HHI 625; next-larger headcount neighbor Neurocritical Care Physician (+6); next-smaller Blind Rehabilitation Specialist/Technologist (-5)).

Next larger: Neurocritical Care Physician (389) Next smaller: Blind Rehabilitation Specialist/Technologist (378)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California60
2New York34
3Texas33
4Florida32
5Pennsylvania26
6Massachusetts16
7North Carolina16
8Illinois11

Sample Glaucoma Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#Provider
1Arthur Schwartz, MDChevy Chase, MD
2William WhiteWarsaw, NY
3David Campbell, M.D.Sarasota, FL
4Todd Severin, M.D.San Ramon, CA
5Ben Mahan, M.D.Tullahoma, TN
6Robert Cady, MDPortland, ME
7Michael Caplan, MDHouston, TX
8Brian Flowers, M.D.Fort Worth, TX
9Reagan McMillin, MDHarlingen, TX
10Lawrence Hurvitz, M.D.Sarasota, FL
11Gregory Sutton, MDLincoln, NE
12Arnold Prywes, M.D.Bethpage, NY

Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read Glaucoma Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician's mid-pack national roster?
383 CMS-registered Glaucoma Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician providers sit across 42 states; California leads with 60. Rank 370th of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Glaucoma Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 320 Glaucoma Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician physicians receiving $1.2M across 6,154 payments (average $4K; 122nd of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Glaucoma Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician NPIs, 359 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 3,029 claims and $335K drug cost per prescriber; 28th of 572 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Data sources and methodology

Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-27.