Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process. · Updated August 2026

NUCC 156FX1100X · Technician/Technologist

184 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 37 states · 456th of 690 specialties by headcount.

184

Providers

CMS NPPES-registered

States

with ≥1 NPI

New York

Top state

32 providers

$304

Open Pay avg

427th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist ranks 456th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in New York; per resident South Dakota leads.

184
NPPES providers in specialty: 456th
of 690 specialties: 691
state-share HHI: 3.8%
Part D prescriber share

South Dakota is densest per capita (10× the national rate; Colorado 5×); 1.6% of the Technician/Technologist category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist (NUCC 156FX1100X; 3.8% Part D prescribers (7 of 184); avg 975 Part D claims/prescriber (156th of 572); Open Payments avg $304/physician (427th of 551; 5 paid, $2K total); state-share HHI 691; next-larger headcount neighbor Medical Art Specialist/Technologist (+3); next-smaller Hand Physical Therapist (-2)).

Next larger: Medical Art Specialist/Technologist (187) Next smaller: Hand Physical Therapist (182)

Which states have the most providers?

#	State	Providers	% of specialty
1	New York	32	17.4%
2	Colorado	16	8.7%
3	California	15	8.2%
4	Minnesota	14	7.6%
5	Georgia	13	7.1%
6	Florida	12	6.5%
7	Texas	7	3.8%
8	Virginia	7	3.8%

Sample Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist NPIs

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

#	Provider	State
1	John Drury, M.D.Sandusky, OH	Ohio
2	Shaun Shafer, M.D.Laramie, WY	Wyoming
3	Yadolah Karnama, MDWest Burlington, IA	Iowa
4	Alexander Goldshmidt, OPTICIANBrooklyn, NY	New York
5	Igor Slony, OPTICIANSouth Richmond Hill, NY	New York
6	Gordon Wuebbolt, M.D.Warren, PA	Pennsylvania
7	Robert Lazorik, COTMadison, WI	Wisconsin
8	Michael Shur, OPTICIANBrooklyn, NY	New York
9	Donald Renaldo, M.D.Charlotte, NC	North Carolina
10	Theodore Fortuna, OPHTHALMIC DISPENSERBatavia, NY	New York
11	Mark Schafe, DOFt Myers, FL	Florida
12	Carole Casteen, M.D.Bakersfield, CA	California

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Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist's mid-pack national roster?

184 CMS-registered Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist providers sit across 37 states; New York leads with 32. Rank 456th of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.

How does Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist show up in Open Payments mid-pack?

CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 5 Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist physicians receiving $2K across 40 payments (average $304; 427th of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.

How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?

Among Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist NPIs, 7 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 975 claims and $190K drug cost per prescriber; 156th 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.