Optician
NUCC 156FX1800X · Technician/Technologist
6,854 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 52 states · 114th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Optician ranks 114th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.09% of all registered NPIs), densest in New York; per resident Puerto Rico leads.
- 6,854
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 114th
- of 690 specialties
- 646
- state-share HHI
- 0.1%
- Part D prescriber share
Puerto Rico is densest per capita (4.1× the national rate; Kentucky 3.3×); 58.7% of the Technician/Technologist category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Optician (NUCC 156FX1800X; 0.1% Part D prescribers (9 of 6,854); avg 397 Part D claims/prescriber (324th of 572); Open Payments avg $97/physician (520th of 551; 54 paid, $5K total); state-share HHI 646; next-larger headcount neighbor School Social Worker (+23); next-smaller Naturopath (-92)).
Next larger: School Social Worker (6,877) Next smaller: Naturopath (6,762)
Population-adjusted state index
Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.
Over-indexed vs national rate
- Puerto Rico 4.1× · 8.3/100k
- Kentucky 3.3× · 6.7/100k
- Connecticut 3.2× · 6.6/100k
- Ohio 3× · 6.2/100k
- Montana 2.9× · 5.9/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Indiana 0.14× · 0.3/100k
- Utah 0.17× · 0.4/100k
- Mississippi 0.20× · 0.4/100k
- Missouri 0.22× · 0.5/100k
- Illinois 0.22× · 0.4/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 1,114 |
| 2 | Ohio | 725 |
| 3 | Florida | 650 |
| 4 | California | 328 |
| 5 | Kentucky | 303 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | 278 |
| 7 | Texas | 275 |
| 8 | Puerto Rico | 267 |
| 9 | Georgia | 247 |
| 10 | South Carolina | 241 |
| 11 | New Jersey | 240 |
| 12 | Connecticut | 237 |
| 13 | Virginia | 217 |
| 14 | Pennsylvania | 180 |
| 15 | Washington | 148 |
Top Cities for Optician
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BrooklynNew York | 126 |
| 2 | New YorkNew York | 72 |
| 3 | MiamiFlorida | 56 |
| 4 | RochesterNew York | 49 |
| 5 | LouisvilleKentucky | 31 |
| 6 | CincinnatiOhio | 31 |
| 7 | HialeahFlorida | 29 |
| 8 | Staten IslandNew York | 28 |
| 9 | PortlandOregon | 28 |
| 10 | BostonMassachusetts | 26 |
| 11 | BuffaloNew York | 26 |
| 12 | ColumbusOhio | 26 |
Sample Optician NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Perry Epstein, LDOSolon, OH |
| 2 | Maria FerreiraHolyoke, MA |
| 3 | William DammOrange Park, FL |
| 4 | James Williams, ABOCMechanicsburg, PA |
| 5 | David Gardner, ABOC,NCLC-AC,COAFranklin, PA |
| 6 | Alberto AntmanWilmette, IL |
| 7 | Larry Barsh, OPTICIANSpencer, WV |
| 8 | Thomas Stepka, OPTICIANCheektowaga, NY |
| 9 | Timothy Billig, OPTICIANSaint Cloud, MN |
| 10 | Carmen Rivera-Rosa, OPTICIANSan Juan, PR |
| 11 | William Johnston, OPTICIANHammond, IN |
| 12 | Joyce PeckMaysville, KY |
| 13 | Gary Christie, OPTICIANConcord, NH |
| 14 | Justine AngusConcord, NH |
| 15 | Paul BurgessConcord, NH |
| 16 | Joseph SerratoreConcord, NH |
| 17 | Wendy LesniakConcord, NH |
| 18 | Geoffrey Hullman, OPTICIANMiami Beach, FL |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Technician/Technologist category.
Frequently Asked Questions
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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
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