NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optometrist in Missouri

1,242 NPPES records list optometrist with a practice address in Missouri, 20 per 100,000 residents, the 24th highest rate of 51. Saint Louis and Kansas City have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Missouri license search. Page 8 of 25.

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).

Saint Louis has the most, 206

  1. Saint Louis206
  2. Kansas City95
  3. Springfield80
  4. Columbia47
  5. Independence37

Optometrist records in Missouri

  1. Nancy Fry, O.D.Odessa, MO 640761134221286
  2. Sarah Frye, O.D.Springfield, MO 658041134141542
  3. Fei Fu, ODSt Louis, MO 631211265039143
  4. Erin Gagnon, O.D.Osage Beach, MO 650651356503494
  5. Carrie Gaines, ODSaint Louis, MO 631231407874183
  6. Katherine Galbraith, O.D.Ozark, MO 657211467802868
  7. Quinn Gallen, ODTroy, MO 633791619594470
  8. Bradley Gamache, ODFlorissant, MO 630311760224661
  9. James Gamble, O.D.Columbia, MO 652011952353690
  10. Jeffrey Gamble, ODColumbia, MO 652011033164603
  11. Amy Garbo, O.D.Saint Louis, MO 631211851607279
  12. Kevin Gardner, ODJoplin, MO 648041346358769
  13. Stephen Garnett, ODSaint Peters, MO 633761932273760
  14. Dennis Garstang, ODRolla, MO 654011336158526
  15. Drew Garwood, O.D.Saint Joseph, MO 645061528440591
  16. Margaret Garwood-Jasper, O.D.Ferguson, MO 631351871588095
  17. Ralph Garzia, ODSaint Louis, MO 631211780790410
  18. Lynn Gaston, O.D.Kansas City, MO 641331396813473
  19. Christine Gavett, O.D.Harrisburg, MO 652561699941963
  20. John Gazaway, ODLaurie, MO 650381114011913
  21. Karen Gebhardt, ODSpringfield, MO 658041649362021
  22. Patricia Gelner, O.D.Chesterfield, MO 630171396794053
  23. John Gelvin, ODLees Summit, MO 640861396716700
  24. Alicia Genilo, ODLees Summit, MO 640641962060293
  25. Erin Genua, O.D.Springfield, MO 658041184880692
  26. Gretchen Gerhardt, O.D.Columbia, MO 652011831327857
  27. Eric Gericke, O.D.Springfield, MO 658041598884884
  28. Katherine Gettinger, O.D.Saint Louis, MO 631081699157735
  29. Thomas Gibbons, O.D.Cape Girardeau, MO 637031376672345
  30. Gary Giesler, O.D.Hermann, MO 650411396834552
  31. Barbara Gilley, ODLees Summit, MO 640811588659106
  32. Kylee Goddard, ODKimberling City, MO 656861255916052
  33. Wade Godshall, ODBlue Springs, MO 640141013072867
  34. Gregory Goetzinger, ODCarthage, MO 648361013940477
  35. Steven Goldberg, O.D.Chesterfield, MO 630171871681346
  36. Karen Gorman, O.D.Maryville, MO 644681598709115
  37. Janet Graf, O.D.Brentwood, MO 631441972509883
  38. David Grant, O.D.Joplin, MO 648041548351034
  39. William Grant, O.D.Lebanon, MO 655361144378480
  40. John Gray, O.D.Springfield, MO 658041821028127
  41. David Green, ODSaint Louis, MO 631411821180670
  42. Vernon Green, ODRolla, MO 654011598740375
  43. Thomas Greene, O.D.Jefferson City, MO 651011124050588
  44. Thomas Greene, ODJefferson City, MO 651011386138303
  45. Chelsie Greenlee, ODSpringfield, MO 658061174252019
  46. Jeffrey Griffin, ODMexico, MO 652651770564304
  47. Allison Griffith, O.D.Branson, MO 656161326150368
  48. Jeffrey Grimes, O.D.Kansas City, MO 641141346393253
  49. Steven Grondalski, O.D.Saint Louis, MO 631061164509071
  50. Lisa Groth, O.D.Independence, MO 640551033225677

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

Missouri ranks 24 of 51 per resident

  1. Ohio21
  2. Vermont21
  3. Pennsylvania20
  4. Missouri20
  5. Minnesota20
  6. Wisconsin20
  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.

73.1% 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. Missouri73.1%
  2. United States71.9%

Optometrist records in Missouri, measured

  • In a Medicare file908 of 1,242 · 73.1% here, 71.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file768 · 61.8% here, 57.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more833 · 67.1% here, 65.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2007 · the 768 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

1,242 NPPES records list optometrist (152W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Missouri: 20 per 100,000 residents against 19 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Saint Louis has 206 of them (17%).

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. Colorado1,273
  2. Tennessee1,300
  3. Wisconsin1,161
  4. Arizona1,336

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Minnesota19.9
  2. Pennsylvania20.4
  3. Michigan19.6
  4. Vermont20.7

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.