NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optometrist in Michigan

1,963 NPPES records list optometrist with a practice address in Michigan, 20 per 100,000 residents, the 27th highest rate of 51. Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Michigan license search. Page 40 of 40.

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).

Grand Rapids has the most, 103

  1. Grand Rapids103
  2. Ann Arbor57
  3. Big Rapids55
  4. Troy44
  5. Saginaw41

Optometrist records in Michigan

  1. Michael Zak, O.D.Clarkston, MI 483461134191166
  2. Jeffrey Zarr, O.D,Mt Pleasant, MI 488581326132929
  3. Christopher Zehnder, ODFrankenmuth, MI 487341679578124
  4. Brian Zemanek, ODSaginaw, MI 486041922149665
  5. Kristin Zerwa, ODSaline, MI 481761801440854
  6. Xue-Qing Zhang, ODTroy, MI 480831780724781
  7. Kelly Zielaskowski, O.D.Rockford, MI 493411699974154
  8. Alicia Zimnicki, ODLivonia, MI 481501114031911
  9. Zeinab Zreik, ODDetroit, MI 482261245070523
  10. Ronald Zuker, ODMuskegon, MI 494401104907153
  11. Chelsea Zukowski, ODBloomfield Hills, MI 483021821697152
  12. Sidney Zuzelski, O.D.Jackson, MI 492011689849010
  13. Phillip Zwier, ODPaw Paw, MI 490791548341316

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

Michigan ranks 27 of 51 per resident

  1. Missouri20
  2. Minnesota20
  3. Wisconsin20
  4. Michigan20
  5. Idaho19
  6. Connecticut19
  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.

69.0% 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. Michigan69.0%
  2. United States71.9%

Optometrist records in Michigan, measured

  • In a Medicare file1,354 of 1,963 · 69.0% here, 71.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1,121 · 57.1% here, 57.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more1,337 · 68.1% here, 65.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2009 · the 1,121 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

1,963 NPPES records list optometrist (152W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Michigan: 20 per 100,000 residents against 19 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Grand Rapids has 103 of them (5%).

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. Washington1,641
  2. Indiana1,578
  3. New Jersey1,542
  4. Massachusetts1,501

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Wisconsin19.6
  2. Minnesota19.9
  3. Missouri20.0
  4. Idaho18.8

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.