NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optician in Montana

69 NPPES records list optician with a practice address in Montana, 6.1 per 100,000 residents, the 4th highest rate of 51. Missoula and Billings have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Montana license search. Page 2 of 2.

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).

Missoula has the most, 22

  1. Missoula22
  2. Billings11
  3. Helena9
  4. Kalispell9
  5. Butte8

Optician records in Montana

  1. Connie RobbinsHelena, MT 596011710715396
  2. Marissa RoseHelena, MT 596011093405649
  3. Emily SaltzmanHelena, MT 596011740056779
  4. Melita Schaefer, ABOMMissoula, MT 598011962901355
  5. Paul ScheieBillings, MT 591011558561191
  6. Mary Shull, OPTICIANMissoula, MT 598021144609421
  7. Christy SnavelyHamilton, MT 598401104022201
  8. Lynn SpringerMissoula, MT 598011770789182
  9. Hattie StevensHelena, MT 596011598547903
  10. Virginia StonehockerKalispell, MT 599011194981431
  11. Natalie TaylorMissoula, MT 598011295456150
  12. Mark ThompsonKalispell, MT 599011154623130
  13. William TowlerBillings, MT 591021437231792
  14. Tara WalshButte, MT 597011245765460
  15. Christy Wicklund, ABOCMissoula, MT 598011811374614
  16. Sarah WimmerButte, MT 597011538015243
  17. Cody YorkButte, MT 597011255673869
  18. Destiny ZielieBillings, MT 591021720930647
  19. Aaron ZierMissoula, MT 598011346086220

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

Montana ranks 4 of 51 per resident

  1. Kentucky6.7
  2. Connecticut6.6
  3. Ohio6.2
  4. Montana6.1
  5. New York5.8
  6. South Carolina4.6
  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. Montana0.0%
  2. United States0.7%

Optician records in Montana, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 69 · 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 more49 · 71.0% 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

69 NPPES records list optician (156FX1800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Montana: 6.1 per 100,000 residents against 2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Missoula has 22 of them (32%).

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. Wisconsin71
  2. Colorado66
  3. Maryland56
  4. Minnesota56

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Ohio6.2
  2. New York5.8
  3. Connecticut6.6
  4. Kentucky6.7

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.