Pediatric Optometrist

NUCC 152WP0200X · Optometrist

324 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 44 states · 392nd of 690 specialties by headcount.

324
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
44
States
with ≥1 NPI
California
Top state
41 providers
$528
Open Pay avg
354th of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Pediatric Optometrist ranks 392nd of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident Missouri leads.

324
NPPES providers in specialty
392nd
of 690 specialties
507
state-share HHI
40.4%
Part D prescriber share

Missouri is densest per capita (3× the national rate; Colorado 2.8×); 0.5% of the Optometrist category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Pediatric Optometrist (NUCC 152WP0200X; 40.4% Part D prescribers (131 of 324); avg 180 Part D claims/prescriber (438th of 572); Open Payments avg $528/physician (354th of 551; 176 paid, $93K total); state-share HHI 507; next-larger headcount neighbor Sports Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Physician (+3); next-smaller Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician (-5)).

Next larger: Sports Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Physician (327) Next smaller: Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician (319)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1California41
2Texas27
3Florida21
4Missouri18
5New York17
6Colorado16
7Massachusetts16
8Maryland16

Sample Pediatric Optometrist NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#Provider
1Kathleen Goff, O.D.El Paso, TX
2Larry Carr, O.D.Saint Marys, WV
3Pauline Buck, O.D.Miami, FL
4Rebecca Lauffenburger, O.D.Wooster, OH
5Ann Hickson, O.D., M.S.Woodbury, MN
6Ilana Gelfond-Polnariev, ODStaten Island, NY
7Clifford Brown, O.D.Washington, DC
8Alexandar Andrich, O.D.North Royalton, OH
9Anne Lee, OD, FAAOHawthorne, CA
10James Oevermann, O.D.Cypress, TX
11Caroline Harrison, ODNew York, NY
12Scott Colonna, O.D.Providence, RI

Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read Pediatric Optometrist's mid-pack national roster?
324 CMS-registered Pediatric Optometrist providers sit across 44 states; California leads with 41. Rank 392nd of 690 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Pediatric Optometrist show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 176 Pediatric Optometrist physicians receiving $93K across 1,191 payments (average $528; 354th of 551 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Pediatric Optometrist NPIs, 131 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 180 claims and $40K drug cost per prescriber; 438th of 572 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Data sources and methodology

Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-27.