NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optician in New Mexico

24 NPPES records list optician with a practice address in New Mexico, 1.1 per 100,000 residents, the 27th highest rate of 51. Gallup and Albuquerque have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the New Mexico 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).

Gallup has the most, 4

  1. Gallup4
  2. Albuquerque3
  3. Las Cruces3
  4. Carlsbad2
  5. Clovis2

Optician records in New Mexico

  1. Marie ArchibequeAlbuquerque, NM 871101275056186
  2. Miguel Avalos, A.B.O.C.Las Cruces, NM 880111639386881
  3. Brian BoddySanta Fe, NM 875071609019405
  4. Kathryn Branch CaseySocorro, NM 878011144534892
  5. Katherine Caddell, ABOCCarlsbad, NM 882201811906472
  6. Pablo Chavez, ABOCLas Cruces, NM 880051770433633
  7. Travis CottamRio Rancho, NM 871241881585313
  8. Raymond EichwaldCuba, NM 870131659413391
  9. Lorraine GomezAlbuquerque, NM 871051629396015
  10. Rita Graham, ABOCAlbuquerque, NM 871101588793269
  11. Norma KarramGallup, NM 873011558882910
  12. Tammy KingTaos, NM 875711649550104
  13. Susan LongGallup, NM 873011326104787
  14. Michelle Mittica, ABOCSilver City, NM 880611073300786
  15. Ray Montoya, LICENSED OPTICIANClovis, NM 881011043534209
  16. Leslie Nabours, LESLIE NABOURS,ABOCDeming, NM 880301255543443
  17. Selenthia ReevesBelen, NM 870021477782241
  18. Raymond Rubio, ABOCCarlsbad, NM 882201609693225
  19. John SeilheimerRoswell, NM 882011295177632
  20. Jason SledzClovis, NM 881011891501920
  21. Paul StevensonLas Cruces, NM 880011154709749
  22. William Swan, ABOTaos, NM 875711760662548
  23. Christy Torres, OPTICANGallup, NM 873011528275344
  24. Gerald Valdez, OPTICIANGallup, NM 873011558693010

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

New Mexico ranks 27 of 51 per resident

  1. Wisconsin1.2
  2. Maine1.1
  3. North Carolina1.1
  4. New Mexico1.1
  5. Colorado1.1
  6. Delaware1.1
  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. New Mexico0.0%
  2. United States0.7%

Optician records in New Mexico, 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 more16 · 66.7% 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

24 NPPES records list optician (156FX1800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in New Mexico: 1.1 per 100,000 residents against 2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Gallup has 4 of them (17%).

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. Kansas24
  2. Oklahoma23
  3. Rhode Island26
  4. Indiana21

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. North Carolina1.1
  2. Maine1.1
  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.