NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optometrist in Massachusetts

1,501 NPPES records list optometrist with a practice address in Massachusetts, 21 per 100,000 residents, the 16th highest rate of 51. Boston and Worcester have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Massachusetts license search. Page 31 of 31.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 152W00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Boston has the most, 218

  1. Boston218
  2. Worcester57
  3. Brockton36
  4. Burlington34
  5. Cambridge29

Optometrist records in Massachusetts

  1. Deborah Zopatti, ODWebster, MA 015701053393025

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 152W00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Massachusetts ranks 16 of 51 per resident

  1. Colorado22
  2. Montana22
  3. Illinois21
  4. Massachusetts21
  5. California21
  6. Iowa21
  7. 50 states and D.C.19

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 152W00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

65.6% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 71.9% 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. Massachusetts65.6%
  2. United States71.9%

Optometrist records in Massachusetts, measured

  • In a Medicare file985 of 1,501 · 65.6% here, 71.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file938 · 62.5% here, 57.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more956 · 63.7% here, 65.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2008 · the 933 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 152W00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

1,501 NPPES records list optometrist (152W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Massachusetts: 21 per 100,000 residents against 19 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Boston has 218 of them (15%).

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. North Carolina1,480
  2. New Jersey1,542
  3. Virginia1,460
  4. Georgia1,430

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Illinois21.5
  2. California21.3
  3. Montana21.6
  4. Colorado21.7

The largest states

  1. California8,308
  2. Texas5,006
  3. Florida3,594
  4. New York3,535
  5. Illinois2,697

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.