NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optician in Nebraska

17 NPPES records list optician with a practice address in Nebraska, 0.9 per 100,000 residents, the 37th highest rate of 51. Omaha and Lincoln have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Nebraska 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).

Omaha has the most, 9

  1. Omaha9
  2. Lincoln2
  3. Columbus1
  4. Hastings1
  5. Kearney1

Optician records in Nebraska

  1. Karen Allen, OPTICIANWauneta, NE 690451386217503
  2. William Athey, OPTICIANKearney, NE 688451184849077
  3. Amanda Baumgardner, ABOCNorth Platte, NE 691011043132756
  4. Tommie BlanOmaha, NE 681121386777860
  5. Robert Browne, ABOLincoln, NE 685101457428997
  6. Tim CarlsonOmaha, NE 681021750405635
  7. Stuart CharbonneauOmaha, NE 681341609761972
  8. Jeramy Dannar, ABOC NCLENorfolk, NE 687011033097977
  9. Lori Hagensen, C.O.T.Omaha, NE 681051861842916
  10. William Haynes, CERTIFIED OPTICIANOmaha, NE 681101861708034
  11. Kathleen Heine, OPTICIANOmaha, NE 681241932372661
  12. Britni JohansonHastings, NE 689011477239499
  13. Kathy Niemann, OPTICIANOmaha, NE 681241790073120
  14. Stephen Statton, ABOCLincoln, NE 685161326346339
  15. Andrea West, ABO. NCLEColumbus, NE 686011417753070
  16. Alvin ZipperlenOmaha, NE 681041467736587
  17. Margaret ZipperlenOmaha, NE 681041194009217

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

Nebraska ranks 37 of 51 per resident

  1. West Virginia0.9
  2. Alabama0.9
  3. Michigan0.9
  4. Nebraska0.9
  5. California0.9
  6. Kansas0.8
  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. Nebraska0.0%
  2. United States0.7%

Optician records in Nebraska, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 17 · 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 more11 · 64.7% 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

17 NPPES records list optician (156FX1800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Nebraska: 0.9 per 100,000 residents against 2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Omaha has 9 of them (53%).

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. Arkansas17
  2. Iowa18
  3. Maine16
  4. South Dakota18

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. California0.9
  2. Michigan0.9
  3. Alabama0.9
  4. Kansas0.8

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.