NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optician in Wisconsin

71 NPPES records list optician with a practice address in Wisconsin, 1.2 per 100,000 residents, the 24th highest rate of 51. Eau Claire and Manitowoc have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Wisconsin license search. Page 2 of 2.

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).

Eau Claire has the most, 10

  1. Eau Claire10
  2. Manitowoc9
  3. Green Bay6
  4. Wauwatosa5
  5. Chippewa Falls4

Optician records in Wisconsin

  1. Christina ReekGreen Bay, WI 543011962063495
  2. Nicolle RichardsonEau Claire, WI 547011326760018
  3. Cheryl RobertsonGreen Bay, WI 543011518528033
  4. Teresa Ruch, OPTICIANWaupun, WI 539631578809364
  5. Brit RuizWauwatosa, WI 532131679746523
  6. Adam Sangermano, ABOCPewaukee, WI 530721619669942
  7. John SatterburgManitowoc, WI 542201205821378
  8. Christine Savoy, A.B.O.C.Portage, WI 539011306004627
  9. Cynthia SeemannCudahy, WI 531101649414566
  10. Erin Silber, ABOC, NCLECWisconsin Rapids, WI 544941710678701
  11. Cynthia SjolanderOnalaska, WI 546501487811972
  12. Elizabeth SpoonerEau Claire, WI 547011245635473
  13. Holly StendelWauwatosa, WI 532221720277189
  14. Kim TavenerGreen Bay, WI 543011073994133
  15. Trevor Thomas, OPTICIANMilwaukee, WI 532141073334439
  16. Amy Thor, ABOCManitowoc, WI 542201407548381
  17. Karen VandenhoutenGreen Bay, WI 543011962675587
  18. Kimberly WendlingManitowoc, WI 542201922406743
  19. James White, CERTIFIED OPTICIANKenosha, WI 531401265604417
  20. Judy WinneyGreen Bay, WI 543011770756397
  21. Penny ZaworskiMilwaukee, WI 532031336782986

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

Wisconsin ranks 24 of 51 per resident

  1. Nevada1.7
  2. North Dakota1.5
  3. Pennsylvania1.4
  4. Wisconsin1.2
  5. Maine1.1
  6. North Carolina1.1
  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. Wisconsin0.0%
  2. United States0.7%

Optician records in Wisconsin, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 71 · 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 more50 · 70.4% 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

71 NPPES records list optician (156FX1800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Wisconsin: 1.2 per 100,000 residents against 2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Eau Claire has 10 of them (14%).

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. Montana69
  2. Colorado66
  3. Oregon82
  4. Maryland56

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Maine1.1
  2. North Carolina1.1
  3. New Mexico1.1
  4. Delaware1.1

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.