NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optician in North Carolina

124 NPPES records list optician with a practice address in North Carolina, 1.1 per 100,000 residents, the 26th highest rate of 51. Durham and Winston Salem have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search. Page 3 of 3.

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).

Durham has the most, 13

  1. Durham13
  2. Winston Salem8
  3. Raleigh7
  4. Charlotte6
  5. Asheville4

Optician records in North Carolina

  1. Stephanie Straughan, L.D.OHillsborough, NC 272781346642717
  2. Rodney SumnerBoone, NC 286071114893245
  3. Melissa Sutton, LDOGreenville, NC 278341245565860
  4. Charles SwaimHigh Point, NC 272621851702682
  5. Michael Tatum, DODurham, NC 277051194998591
  6. Kelley Taylor, NCLDOMocksville, NC 270281164950903
  7. Sharon TeelClayton, NC 275201528373479
  8. Christopher Thaxton, LDO, ABO, NCLECChapel Hill, NC 275141679794960
  9. Roger ThomasSanford, NC 273321356470322
  10. Curtis Threatt, OPTICIANWinston Salem, NC 271061487165833
  11. John Todd, OPTICIANRocky Mount, NC 278041619813318
  12. Solmayra TorresRaleigh, NC 276171093507535
  13. Rhonda Townsend, OPTICIANPisgah Forest, NC 287681467484436
  14. Timothy Turner, DOIndian Trail, NC 280791467006536
  15. Ronald Tuttle, OPTICIANWinston Salem, NC 271061306822663
  16. Mary VarneySiler City, NC 273441457110637
  17. Gary Vaughn, OPTICIANIndian Trail, NC 280791023290046
  18. John VeaseyDurham, NC 277051609154715
  19. Dennis WilpanDurham, NC 277051902184914
  20. Marcella Wilson, LDOAsheville, NC 288051851219679
  21. Cynthia WithersBessemer City, NC 280161285497883
  22. April Wolfe, LDO 2264Durham, NC 277041285325217
  23. Ka Youa Xiong, LDO, ABOC, NCLECGastonia, NC 280561629860655
  24. Meltonia Young, TDOHigh Point, NC 272601336389626

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

North Carolina ranks 26 of 51 per resident

  1. Pennsylvania1.4
  2. Wisconsin1.2
  3. Maine1.1
  4. North Carolina1.1
  5. New Mexico1.1
  6. Colorado1.1
  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.

1.6% 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. North Carolina1.6%
  2. United States0.7%

Optician records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file2 of 124 · 1.6% here, 0.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, under 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more60 · 48.4% 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

124 NPPES records list optician (156FX1800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 1.1 per 100,000 residents against 2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Durham has 13 of them (10%).

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. Arizona132
  2. Washington146
  3. Michigan89
  4. Oregon82

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Maine1.1
  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.