NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optician in Puerto Rico

266 NPPES records list optician with a practice address in Puerto Rico. San Juan and Ponce have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI. Page 6 of 6.

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).

San Juan has the most, 26

  1. San Juan26
  2. Ponce19
  3. Carolina17
  4. Mayaguez15
  5. Bayamon12

Optician records in Puerto Rico

  1. Francisco VargasMoca, PR 006761295578714
  2. Eliezer Vargas PerezCayey, PR 007361023859675
  3. Javier VazquezBayamon, PR 009601093554479
  4. Keycha VazquezCarolina, PR 009871184467417
  5. Rosaline Vazquez, LICENCES OPTICIANCoamo, PR 007691801173711
  6. Delouix Vazquez RiveraCoto Laurel, PR 007801205677515
  7. Lidia VegaCamuy, PR 006271518709641
  8. Dennisa Vega SantanaFlorida, PR 006501265273726
  9. Wilson Velazquez AponteCayey, PR 007361245071992
  10. Luis Velazquez PerezHatillo, PR 006591316780935
  11. Rafael VelezIsabela, PR 006621093001927
  12. Jeremy Velez RodriguezToa Baja, PR 009491467294884
  13. Erika Velez VerdejoCarolina, PR 009871881437127
  14. Norma Villegas RoblesCarolina, PR 009871114760444
  15. Laura Williams-Negron, OPTArecibo, PR 006121962062596
  16. Jose ZavalaHumacao, PR 007911437680253

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

0.4% 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. Puerto Rico0.4%
  2. United States0.7%

Optician records in Puerto Rico, measured

  • In a Medicare file1 of 266 · 0.4% here, 0.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, under 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more126 · 47.4% 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

266 NPPES records list optician (156FX1800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Puerto Rico. San Juan has 26 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. Georgia265
  2. South Carolina247
  3. Texas286
  4. New Jersey241

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Kentucky6.7
  2. Connecticut6.6
  3. Ohio6.2
  4. Montana6.1

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.