NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optometrist in Tennessee

1,300 NPPES records list optometrist with a practice address in Tennessee, 18 per 100,000 residents, the 30th highest rate of 51. Memphis and Knoxville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee license search. Page 2 of 26.

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).

Memphis has the most, 227

  1. Memphis227
  2. Knoxville98
  3. Nashville75
  4. Chattanooga45
  5. Franklin38

Optometrist records in Tennessee

  1. Zahra Bagheri, ODMemphis, TN 381111689617862
  2. Erica Bailey, ODOoltewah, TN 373631790396471
  3. Adam Baird, ODNashville, TN 372321225409121
  4. Ashley Baker, O.D.Elizabethton, TN 376431033133624
  5. Mark Baker, ODKnoxville, TN 379191124182282
  6. Sarah Baldwin, O.D.Springfield, TN 371721629141833
  7. Carol Ballard, O.D.Centerville, TN 370331558468181
  8. Richard Ballard, O.D.Brentwood, TN 370271528122397
  9. Lori Balmer, ODCleveland, TN 373121124062856
  10. Rhonda Baltier, O.D.Cordova, TN 380171861517674
  11. Thomas Bandy, O.D.Knoxville, TN 379341467557751
  12. Kathryn Barberic, O.D.Goodlettsville, TN 370721962841056
  13. Lex Barkley, B.S., O.D.Memphis, TN 381111518165547
  14. Kristi Barnes, O.D.Dandridge, TN 377251588851976
  15. Kyle Barnes, ODDandridge, TN 377251982896593
  16. Janice Barr, ODMemphis, TN 381191649246158
  17. Rachel BarrantesMemphis, TN 381321629782388
  18. Stephen Bartek, ODLewisburg, TN 370911174522338
  19. Dominique Barton, O.D.Cordova, TN 380181285085548
  20. Krystal Barton, O.D.Knoxville, TN 379191881734648
  21. Kristen Baskin, ODAtoka, TN 380041518459775
  22. Jeffrey Bateman, ODSevierville, TN 378621629012141
  23. Joseph Bateman, ODMemphis, TN 381191457107963
  24. Donald Bates, O.D.Gallatin, TN 370661437135480
  25. Emily Baxter, ODNewport, TN 378211245760032
  26. Claire Beaird, ODBrentwood, TN 370271942981576
  27. Gary Beamon, O.D.Memphis, TN 381161285902635
  28. Tanner Beard, ODMorristown, TN 378131649902420
  29. Bethany Bearden, ODHumboldt, TN 383431679886873
  30. Nicole Beaty, ODChattanooga, TN 374211124640412
  31. Adam Beaubien, O.D.Clarksville, TN 370401417393224
  32. Gabriel BeckMemphis, TN 381041851185250
  33. Kathryn Beckman, O.D.Franklin, TN 370671598829657
  34. Greg Beem, O.D.Nashville, TN 372111417942343
  35. Angela Bell, ODTullahoma, TN 373881811982978
  36. Stephen Bencho, ODCleveland, TN 373121679614846
  37. Dennis Benedict, O.D.Loudon, TN 377741891833265
  38. Loren Bennett, O.D., M.P.H.Mountain Home, TN 376841215989603
  39. Josie BentelerNashville, TN 372051063346302
  40. Joseph Bentley, ODLafayette, TN 370831932156858
  41. Peter Benvenuto, ODBartlett, TN 381341992770416
  42. Lettie Berry, O.D.Nashville, TN 372171194830869
  43. Sydney Berry, ODLebanon, TN 370871881423994
  44. Joseph Bertagna, ODMemphis, TN 381191194866988
  45. Theresa Best, ODKnoxville, TN 379341871657965
  46. Kylie Bible, ODNashville, TN 372091538851555
  47. Sharon Billingsley, ODMaryville, TN 378011740263722
  48. Rebecca Bills, O.D.Bartlett, TN 381331114186624
  49. Michael Bingham, O.DFranklin, TN 370671699156018
  50. Robert Bishop, O.D.Antioch, TN 370131396734463

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

Tennessee ranks 30 of 51 per resident

  1. Michigan20
  2. Idaho19
  3. Connecticut19
  4. Tennessee18
  5. New York18
  6. Arizona18
  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.

76.8% 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. Tennessee76.8%
  2. United States71.9%

Optometrist records in Tennessee, measured

  • In a Medicare file998 of 1,300 · 76.8% here, 71.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file841 · 64.7% here, 57.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more810 · 62.3% here, 65.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2008 · the 839 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

1,300 NPPES records list optometrist (152W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 18 per 100,000 residents against 19 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Memphis has 227 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. Arizona1,336
  3. Missouri1,242
  4. Georgia1,430

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New York18.1
  2. Connecticut18.7
  3. Kentucky17.7
  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.