NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optician in Delaware

11 NPPES records list optician with a practice address in Delaware, 1.1 per 100,000 residents, the 29th highest rate of 51. Wilmington and Dover have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Delaware license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 156FX1800X · method

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

Wilmington has the most, 4

  1. Wilmington4
  2. Dover3
  3. Newark2
  4. Milton1
  5. Seaford1

Optician records in Delaware

  1. Hee Jong BaekNewark, DE 197111649682204
  2. Moon Sik BaekNewark, DE 197131073247144
  3. Rashaad BatenDover, DE 199011255629705
  4. William BurdeauxDover, DE 199011215233804
  5. Glenn Courtney, OPTICIAN ABOCDover, DE 199011083885859
  6. Gregory Esbensen, OPTICIANWilmington, DE 198011013178664
  7. Paul Flowers, ABOWilmington, DE 198051841662269
  8. Robert Hazen, OPTICIANWilmington, DE 198081104998723
  9. William KobzaMilton, DE 199681629492376
  10. Glen Reely, OPTICIANSeaford, DE 199731831268143
  11. Ralph Rubeo, OPTICIANWilmington, DE 198011063687002

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 156FX1800X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Delaware ranks 29 of 51 per resident

  1. North Carolina1.1
  2. New Mexico1.1
  3. Colorado1.1
  4. Delaware1.1
  5. District of Columbia1.0
  6. Minnesota1.0
  7. 50 states and D.C.2.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 156FX1800X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.7% 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. Delaware0.0%
  2. United States0.7%

Optician records in Delaware, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 11 · 0.0% here, 0.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, under 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more10 · 90.9% here, 54.4% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 156FX1800X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

11 NPPES records list optician (156FX1800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Delaware: 1.1 per 100,000 residents against 2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Wilmington has 4 of them (36%).

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. Mississippi11
  2. Vermont11
  3. Idaho12
  4. North Dakota12

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Colorado1.1
  2. New Mexico1.1
  3. North Carolina1.1
  4. Maine1.1

The largest states

  1. New York1,141
  2. Ohio729
  3. Florida654
  4. California334
  5. Kentucky304

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.