NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optician in South Carolina

247 NPPES records list optician with a practice address in South Carolina, 4.6 per 100,000 residents, the 6th highest rate of 51. Columbia and Greenville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the South Carolina license search. Page 2 of 5.

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).

Columbia has the most, 25

  1. Columbia25
  2. Greenville16
  3. Florence12
  4. Rock Hill11
  5. Charleston10

Optician records in South Carolina

  1. Forrest DowneyGreenville, SC 296111174208854
  2. Donna DukesIndian Land, SC 297071649158668
  3. Donna Durand, DOSummerville, SC 294851073379996
  4. Lori Dykes, LDO CLDOLexington, SC 290721487279618
  5. Tina Easterling, OPTICIANTega Cay, SC 297081811629280
  6. Evon Eichelberger, LICENSED OPTICIANNewberry, SC 291081265679542
  7. Kevin Elliott, LDO VCMLake Wylie, SC 297101356071070
  8. Christina ElvisConway, SC 295261205566403
  9. Robert EppersonEasley, SC 296401902538630
  10. Cinthia Esquivel VillegasNewberry, SC 291081346191475
  11. Horace Ferguson, OPTICIANMyrtle Beach, SC 295881124386438
  12. Sheron FergusonBoiling Springs, SC 293161821729021
  13. Kara FlemingConway, SC 295261235869439
  14. Lynda FollowaySpartanburg, SC 293071972234151
  15. Caitlin ForquerColumbia, SC 292231568198539
  16. John Fowler, L.D.OMurrells Inlet, SC 295761053553909
  17. Jean FoxColumbia, SC 292061760202246
  18. James FuerstColumbia, SC 292291013702406
  19. Bashia Gandy, LDOGreenville, SC 296151356070791
  20. Yolanda GattoMurrells Inlet, SC 295761447063961
  21. Mario GaudiomonteMyrtle Beach, SC 295721720719974
  22. Kristin Gay, NCLEC,ABOSumter, SC 291501932672490
  23. Irina Gazdovich, OPTICIANBoiling Springs, SC 293161154052348
  24. Eugene Gebhard, OPTICIANCharleston, SC 294071356643266
  25. David Ghent, OPTICIANLancaster, SC 297201295922235
  26. Patricia GilbertGreenwood, SC 296491447989777
  27. Sarah GilingerRock Hill, SC 297321689137721
  28. Mark GlennSummerville, SC 294831902537376
  29. Molly GloverEasley, SC 296401215669536
  30. Emely GomezSimpsonville, SC 296801124958616
  31. Stephen Goodwin, OPTICIANOrangeburg, SC 291151952387490
  32. Daniel Gosnell, OPTICIANGreenville, SC 296051023292166
  33. David Gosnell, OPTICIANGreenville, SC 296051871719955
  34. Kristina GrahamGreenwood, SC 296461255060588
  35. Jefferson Grant, LDOGreenville, SC 296151245960202
  36. Anne GreenLexington, SC 290731821721937
  37. Diane Grossheim, ABOC,NCLE,LDOCamden, SC 290201023748985
  38. Kara Halsey, ABOC, NCLEC, LDOAiken, SC 298031194454587
  39. Ronald Ham, LDO NCLEFlorence, SC 295051134850001
  40. Pamela HaralsonGreenwood, SC 296491326772781
  41. Ronald HarbertCharleston, SC 294121205091253
  42. Doris Hardee, ABOC, NCLE, LDOWalterboro, SC 294881609592955
  43. Margaret Harkins, OPTICIANGreenville, SC 296091669599833
  44. David Harmon, D.O.Greenville, SC 296151114093168
  45. Sherry Harmon, D.O.Greenville, SC 296151720106479
  46. Sylvia HarpeNorth Myrtle Beach, SC 295821467183244
  47. Karen Haupt, LDOUnion, SC 293791972233898
  48. Laura Heaton, OPTICIANSeneca, SC 296781063681500
  49. Neal HigginsOrangeburg, SC 291151568630960
  50. Lisa HillBluffton, SC 299101104543933

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

South Carolina ranks 6 of 51 per resident

  1. Ohio6.2
  2. Montana6.1
  3. New York5.8
  4. South Carolina4.6
  5. Alaska4.4
  6. Massachusetts4.2
  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.

0.8% 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. South Carolina0.8%
  2. United States0.7%

Optician records in South Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file2 of 247 · 0.8% here, 0.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, under 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more56 · 22.7% 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

247 NPPES records list optician (156FX1800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Carolina: 4.6 per 100,000 residents against 2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Columbia has 25 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. New Jersey241
  2. Connecticut240
  3. Georgia265
  4. Puerto Rico266

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Alaska4.4
  2. Massachusetts4.2
  3. New York5.8
  4. New Hampshire3.4

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.