Ophthalmology Physician providers in the U.S.
22,765 NPPES records list ophthalmology physician as their primary taxonomy, about 6.7 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and Massachusetts have the most per resident. 16,459 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 207W00000X means
207W00000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Ophthalmology, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 22,765 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
An ophthalmologist has the knowledge and professional skills needed to provide comprehensive eye and vision care. Ophthalmologists are medically trained to diagnose, monitor and medically or surgically treat all ocular and visual disorders. This includes problems affecting the eye and its component structures, the eyelids, the orbit and the visual pathways. In so doing, an ophthalmologist prescribes vision services, including glasses and contact lenses.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207W00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
New York has the most, 488
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207W00000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 234 | 4.6 |
| Alaska | 37 | 5.0 |
| Arizona | 353 | 4.8 |
| Arkansas | 145 | 4.7 |
| California | 2,899 | 7.4 |
| Colorado | 338 | 5.8 |
| Connecticut | 336 | 9.3 |
| Delaware | 65 | 6.3 |
| District of Columbia | 89 | 13.1 |
| Florida | 1,581 | 7.0 |
| Georgia | 537 | 4.9 |
| Hawaii | 128 | 8.9 |
| Idaho | 76 | 3.9 |
| Illinois | 898 | 7.2 |
| Indiana | 311 | 4.5 |
| Iowa | 220 | 6.9 |
| Kansas | 166 | 5.6 |
| Kentucky | 239 | 5.3 |
| Louisiana | 299 | 6.5 |
| Maine | 98 | 7.0 |
| Maryland | 588 | 9.5 |
| Massachusetts | 791 | 11.3 |
| Michigan | 791 | 7.9 |
| Minnesota | 434 | 7.6 |
| Mississippi | 165 | 5.6 |
| Missouri | 342 | 5.5 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 65 | 5.7 |
| Nebraska | 117 | 5.9 |
| Nevada | 143 | 4.5 |
| New Hampshire | 99 | 7.1 |
| New Jersey | 631 | 6.8 |
| New Mexico | 105 | 5.0 |
| New York | 1,822 | 9.3 |
| North Carolina | 688 | 6.3 |
| North Dakota | 47 | 6.0 |
| Ohio | 751 | 6.4 |
| Oklahoma | 208 | 5.1 |
| Oregon | 322 | 7.6 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,088 | 8.4 |
| Rhode Island | 85 | 7.8 |
| South Carolina | 329 | 6.1 |
| South Dakota | 60 | 6.5 |
| Tennessee | 366 | 5.1 |
| Texas | 1,514 | 5.0 |
| Utah | 202 | 5.9 |
| Vermont | 55 | 8.5 |
| Virginia | 592 | 6.9 |
| Washington | 522 | 6.7 |
| West Virginia | 106 | 6.0 |
| Wisconsin | 441 | 7.5 |
| Wyoming | 15 | 2.6 |
In federal data
- NUCC code207W00000X · Ophthalmology
- Size rank56th of 688 specialties by records (0.31% of all)
- In its family1st of 8 Ophthalmology codes, 86.9% of the family
- Part D prescribers16,459 (72.3% of records)
- Part D claims1,518 a year per prescriber, on average (40th of 496)
- Industry payments13,221 physicians paid $60.0M in 2024, $5K each on average
- Concentration8 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of ophthalmology physician records
- Griffith Steiner, M.D.Anchorage, AK1700879269
- Edward Crouch, M.D.Anchorage, AK1326031956
- Carl Rosen, M.D.Anchorage, AK1306839873
- Robert Arnold, M.D.Anchorage, AK1942293428
- Elizabeth MorganAnchorage, AK1811980311
- Eric Coulter, M.D.Anchorage, AK1871606681
- William Gruzensky, MDAnchorage, AK1992812234
- Ralph Dahlstrom, M.D.Anchorage, AK1861617284
- Eileen Myers, MDAnchorage, AK1447546197
- Philip Brunetti, MDAnchorage, AK1124522636
- John Bennion, M.D.Jber, AK1689916470
- Charlton Stevens, MDJber, AK1124487863
- Andrew Plaster, MDJber, AK1710443403
- Benjamin Otte, MDJber, AK1548896319
- Jan Nyboer, MDAnchorage, AK1811005606
- Oliver Korshin, M.D.Anchorage, AK1891797809
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Ophthalmology Physician headcount concentrate?
22,765 Ophthalmology Physician NPIs span 56 states; California alone holds 2,899. Top metros include New York, NY; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA. Nationally this is 56th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Ophthalmology Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 13,221 Ophthalmology Physician physicians totaling $60.0M (210,977 payments; average $5K, 96th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Ophthalmology Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Ophthalmology Physician NPIs, 16,459 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,518 claims and $214K drug cost per prescriber; 40th of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
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.