NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optician in Maine

16 NPPES records list optician with a practice address in Maine, 1.1 per 100,000 residents, the 25th highest rate of 51. Belfast and Auburn have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Maine 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).

Belfast has the most, 2

  1. Belfast2
  2. Auburn1
  3. Augusta1
  4. Bangor1
  5. Brewer1

Optician records in Maine

  1. Christopher Atlee, OPTICIANAugusta, ME 043301992991061
  2. Angela Edmondson, ABODamariscotta, ME 045431780555110
  3. Robert HartTrenton, ME 046051902026750
  4. Ann Johnson, OPTICIANBelfast, ME 049151447915095
  5. John Macinnes, OPTICIAN CERTIFIEDBangor, ME 044011730370420
  6. Elizabeth MackScarborough, ME 040741720865397
  7. Elizabeth Morse, OPTICIANBrewer, ME 044121487898508
  8. Peter Nesin, OPTICIANBelfast, ME 049151316023039
  9. Mark NickersonBrunswick, ME 040111710181045
  10. Frank PiersonEllsworth, ME 046051538358726
  11. Amy Plummer, ABOCAuburn, ME 042101992972244
  12. Donna Rossignol-Roy, OPTICIANFort Kent, ME 047431144490921
  13. Valerie SeibelNewcastle, ME 045531326239583
  14. Lisa ThompsonPresque Isle, ME 047691366363533
  15. Larry WentworthSouth China, ME 043581972227015
  16. Christopher Wheaton, LICENSED OPTICIANPortland, ME 041011619530524

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

Maine ranks 25 of 51 per resident

  1. North Dakota1.5
  2. Pennsylvania1.4
  3. Wisconsin1.2
  4. Maine1.1
  5. North Carolina1.1
  6. New Mexico1.1
  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. Maine0.0%
  2. United States0.7%

Optician records in Maine, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 16 · 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 more12 · 75.0% 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

16 NPPES records list optician (156FX1800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Maine: 1.1 per 100,000 residents against 2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Belfast has 2 of them (13%).

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. West Virginia16
  2. Arkansas17
  3. Nebraska17
  4. Iowa18

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. North Carolina1.1
  2. New Mexico1.1
  3. Colorado1.1
  4. Wisconsin1.2

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.