NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optician in Kansas

24 NPPES records list optician with a practice address in Kansas, 0.8 per 100,000 residents, the 39th highest rate of 51. Wichita and Coffeyville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kansas 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).

Wichita has the most, 7

  1. Wichita7
  2. Coffeyville3
  3. El Dorado2
  4. Olathe2
  5. Pittsburg2

Optician records in Kansas

  1. Shaunda Adams, ABOCOlathe, KS 660611215304894
  2. Elias AwadOlathe, KS 660621801063466
  3. Kimberly BalkPittsburg, KS 667621972909679
  4. James Brady, OPTICIANEmporia, KS 668011558425611
  5. Kira BrownOverland Park, KS 662141437086816
  6. Cynthia DaleCoffeyville, KS 673371346811585
  7. Kenneth DellettEl Dorado, KS 670421952321721
  8. Teresa Hopkins, OPTICIANCoffeyville, KS 673371487085718
  9. Matthew KingWichita, KS 672061215385026
  10. Stacey LangstonWichita, KS 672131295809069
  11. Marcia LittleWichita, KS 672181629425731
  12. Michael Melton, ABOCWichita, KS 672171477605780
  13. Ginger MorrellHutchinson, KS 675021336114081
  14. John Niegsch, OPTICIANPittsburg, KS 667621609926369
  15. Sarah Noftzger, ABOCPrairie Village, KS 662081861732422
  16. Martin PickeringWichita, KS 672171679917595
  17. Jimmy PowellCoffeyville, KS 673371760450449
  18. Jacob Reese, ABOC NCLECWichita, KS 672031023249513
  19. Jonathan SollarsShawnee, KS 662031235537911
  20. Ryan StoreyWichita, KS 672171083884647
  21. Leah TibbettsManhattan, KS 665021275294035
  22. Rich VanmeterTopeka, KS 666141154082931
  23. James WycheJunction City, KS 664411841419389
  24. Montano Ysidro, OPTICIANEl Dorado, KS 670421649223108

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

Kansas ranks 39 of 51 per resident

  1. Michigan0.9
  2. Nebraska0.9
  3. California0.9
  4. Kansas0.8
  5. Tennessee0.7
  6. Wyoming0.7
  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. Kansas0.0%
  2. United States0.7%

Optician records in Kansas, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 24 · 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 more20 · 83.3% 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

24 NPPES records list optician (156FX1800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kansas: 0.8 per 100,000 residents against 2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Wichita has 7 of them (29%).

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. New Mexico24
  2. Oklahoma23
  3. Rhode Island26
  4. Indiana21

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. California0.9
  2. Nebraska0.9
  3. Michigan0.9
  4. Alabama0.9

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.