NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optometrist in North Dakota

236 NPPES records list optometrist with a practice address in North Dakota, 30 per 100,000 residents, the 1st highest rate of 51. Fargo and Bismarck have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Dakota license search. Page 5 of 5.

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).

Fargo has the most, 59

  1. Fargo59
  2. Bismarck42
  3. Grand Forks23
  4. Minot22
  5. Dickinson12

Optometrist records in North Dakota

  1. Jennifer Schumacher, O.D.Grand Forks, ND 582011407181589
  2. Wesley Schwartz, ODBismarck, ND 585031588949630
  3. Nathaniel Shilman, O.D.Dickinson, ND 586011275532467
  4. Laurali Sime, ODWilliston, ND 588011851465223
  5. Seth Smith, ODFargo, ND 581021629813936
  6. Joel Springan, ODBismarck, ND 585031194767129
  7. Seth Stofferahn, ODWest Fargo, ND 580781790353159
  8. Liza Stremick, ODMinot, ND 587011275150310
  9. Sarah Stuchl, O.D.Bowman, ND 586231992057236
  10. Sarah SwanholmFargo, ND 581031750616835
  11. Sophia Swanson, ODGrand Forks, ND 582011811967706
  12. Timothy Tello, ODBismarck, ND 585011346348000
  13. Jordan Thomas, ODJamestown, ND 584011194607432
  14. Miranda Thompson, ODGrafton, ND 582371033092747
  15. Joseph Thorman, ODRolla, ND 583671386662427
  16. Michael Tofte, ODWilliston, ND 588011437223815
  17. Kari Torkelson, O.D.Grand Forks, ND 582011528034022
  18. Steven Towle, O. D.Bismarck, ND 585011932197209
  19. Bradley Ulland, O.D.Fargo, ND 581031477518959
  20. Sierra Unruh, O.D.Minot, ND 587011063895027
  21. Becky Vandeberg, O.D.Fargo, ND 581031245430370
  22. Benjamin Verkuilen, ODWahpeton, ND 580751376383935
  23. Nathan Vetter, ODFargo, ND 581021922064633
  24. Isabel Virgille, ODGrand Forks, ND 582051700775210
  25. Eric Vonholdt, O.D.Fargo, ND 581031235364373
  26. Mitchell Weigel, O.D.Bismarck, ND 585041528376878
  27. William Welder, ODWahpeton, ND 580751629097332
  28. Julieann Wick, ODWilliston, ND 588011235156753
  29. Erica Wiegandt, O.D.Grand Forks, ND 582011013260850
  30. John Williams, ODWilliston, ND 588011851465108
  31. Mason Wilner, O.D.Fargo, ND 581031295991396
  32. James Woodmansee, O.D.Grand Forks, ND 582011912008335
  33. Regan Wray, ODBismarck, ND 585041801783113
  34. Jeffery Yunker, O.D.Grand Forks, ND 582011821065335
  35. Blaine Zieman, ODFargo, ND 581031043231384
  36. Emily Zinke, ODMandan, ND 585541336708387

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

North Dakota ranks 1 of 51 per resident

  1. North Dakota30
  2. Alaska27
  3. South Dakota27
  4. 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.

80.1% 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. North Dakota80.1%
  2. United States71.9%

Optometrist records in North Dakota, measured

  • In a Medicare file189 of 236 · 80.1% here, 71.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file172 · 72.9% here, 57.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more156 · 66.1% here, 65.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2007 · the 172 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

236 NPPES records list optometrist (152W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Dakota: 30 per 100,000 residents against 19 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Fargo has 59 of them (25%).

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. Montana245
  2. South Dakota245
  3. Rhode Island267
  4. West Virginia271

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Alaska27.0
  2. Wyoming25.2
  3. Hawaii24.6
  4. Kansas24.3

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.