NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optician in Indiana

21 NPPES records list optician with a practice address in Indiana, 0.3 per 100,000 residents, the 51st highest rate of 51. Indianapolis and Anderson have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Indiana 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).

Indianapolis has the most, 5

  1. Indianapolis5
  2. Anderson1
  3. Charlestown1
  4. Evansville1
  5. Greenwood1

Optician records in Indiana

  1. Michael Bradshaw, OPTICIANLawrenceburg, IN 470251215994074
  2. Daniel Chalfant, OPTICIANMuncie, IN 473041386728343
  3. Keith CurtisHighland, IN 463221598211153
  4. Daniel Federspill, CTFD OPTICIANGreenwood, IN 461421225154891
  5. Bailey FielderWest Lafayette, IN 479061437755758
  6. Dora Grant, OPTICIANIndianapolis, IN 462501942964093
  7. William Johnston, OPTICIANHammond, IN 463241548253768
  8. Cheryl JonesEvansville, IN 477101679679898
  9. Lucas Jordan, LDO, ABOC, NCLECIndianapolis, IN 462681447077730
  10. Vicky Lawson, OPTICANAnderson, IN 460161811164239
  11. Debra Moore, OPTICIANLinton, IN 474411043379449
  12. Christopher PenningtonIndianapolis, IN 462361407445786
  13. Theodore PhelpsWhiteland, IN 461841396102687
  14. Matthew Rotheker, OPTICIANMerrillville, IN 464101417692500
  15. Pamela Tefft, OPTICIANNewburgh, IN 476301215175625
  16. Phillip ThomasCharlestown, IN 471111346664745
  17. James Thompson, ABOCIndianapolis, IN 462681598899833
  18. Larry WilliamsIndianapolis, IN 462141922151471
  19. Tawanna WilsonJeffersonville, IN 471301881549384
  20. Juliana Witham, OPTICIANSouth Bend, IN 466151881926954
  21. Cheryl WoodMitchell, IN 474461952383457

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

Indiana ranks 51 of 51 per resident

  1. Missouri0.4
  2. Mississippi0.4
  3. Utah0.4
  4. Indiana0.3
  5. 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. Indiana0.0%
  2. United States0.7%

Optician records in Indiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 21 · 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 more16 · 76.2% 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

21 NPPES records list optician (156FX1800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Indiana: 0.3 per 100,000 residents against 2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Indianapolis has 5 of them (24%).

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. Oklahoma23
  2. Iowa18
  3. Kansas24
  4. New Mexico24

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Utah0.4
  2. Mississippi0.4
  3. Missouri0.4
  4. Illinois0.4

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.