NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optician in West Virginia

16 NPPES records list optician with a practice address in West Virginia, 0.9 per 100,000 residents, the 34th highest rate of 51. Bluefield and Huntington have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the West Virginia 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).

Bluefield has the most, 2

  1. Bluefield2
  2. Huntington2
  3. Morgantown2
  4. Wheeling2
  5. Bridgeport1

Optician records in West Virginia

  1. Larry Barsh, OPTICIANSpencer, WV 252761861490443
  2. Dawn Berardi, OPTICAINMorgantown, WV 265011487754289
  3. Mary Ellison, OPTICIANWheeling, WV 260031265603385
  4. Jennifer Field, OPTICIANMasontown, WV 265421356410849
  5. Barbara Hess, ABOMorgantown, WV 265061306324595
  6. Rebecca LakeClarksburg, WV 263011972690311
  7. Richard Leffe, ABOCWheeling, WV 260031043376908
  8. Kelli Lewis, ABOCHuntington, WV 257011184775587
  9. Melvin McKinney, OPTICIANBluefield, WV 247011588711873
  10. Jordan Morrison, OPTICIANBridgeport, WV 263301114528148
  11. Robert Mustard, OPTICIANBluefield, WV 247011629257522
  12. Jim RumbaughKenova, WV 255301871916387
  13. Jennifer SigleyFairmont, WV 265541295655397
  14. Joshua SturgeonHuntington, WV 257011922408210
  15. Mary TudorSophia, WV 259211154585941
  16. Michelle WebbCharleston, WV 253011659795136

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

West Virginia ranks 34 of 51 per resident

  1. Minnesota1.0
  2. Texas0.9
  3. Maryland0.9
  4. West Virginia0.9
  5. Alabama0.9
  6. Michigan0.9
  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. West Virginia0.0%
  2. United States0.7%

Optician records in West Virginia, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 16 · 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 more15 · 93.8% 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

16 NPPES records list optician (156FX1800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in West Virginia: 0.9 per 100,000 residents against 2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Bluefield has 2 of them (13%).

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. Maine16
  2. Arkansas17
  3. Nebraska17
  4. Iowa18

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Maryland0.9
  2. Alabama0.9
  3. Michigan0.9
  4. Texas0.9

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.