Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician providers in the U.S.
1,584 NPPES records list retina specialist (ophthalmology) physician as their primary taxonomy, about 0.5 per 100,000 residents; Colorado and Oregon have the most per resident. 1,449 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 207WX0107X means
207WX0107X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 1,584 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
An ophthalmologist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of vitreoretinal diseases.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207WX0107X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
New York has the most, 27
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207WX0107X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 48 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 21 | 0.4 |
| Arizona | 32 | 0.4 |
| Arkansas | 16 | 0.5 |
| California | 205 | 0.5 |
| Colorado | 55 | 0.9 |
| Connecticut | 14 | 0.4 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | 0.9 |
| Florida | 123 | 0.5 |
| Georgia | 20 | 0.2 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 0.2 |
| Idaho | 3 | 0.2 |
| Illinois | 72 | 0.6 |
| Indiana | 21 | 0.3 |
| Iowa | 11 | 0.3 |
| Kansas | 13 | 0.4 |
| Kentucky | 23 | 0.5 |
| Louisiana | 30 | 0.7 |
| Maine | 3 | 0.2 |
| Maryland | 48 | 0.8 |
| Massachusetts | 32 | 0.5 |
| Michigan | 49 | 0.5 |
| Minnesota | 17 | 0.3 |
| Mississippi | 12 | 0.4 |
| Missouri | 50 | 0.8 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 3 | 0.3 |
| Nebraska | 4 | 0.2 |
| Nevada | 13 | 0.4 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 0.3 |
| New Jersey | 34 | 0.4 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 0.1 |
| New York | 102 | 0.5 |
| North Carolina | 32 | 0.3 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 0.4 |
| Ohio | 76 | 0.6 |
| Oklahoma | 19 | 0.5 |
| Oregon | 36 | 0.9 |
| Pennsylvania | 56 | 0.4 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | 0.6 |
| South Carolina | 20 | 0.4 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 0.3 |
| Tennessee | 60 | 0.8 |
| Texas | 107 | 0.4 |
| Utah | 20 | 0.6 |
| Virginia | 45 | 0.5 |
| Washington | 15 | 0.2 |
| West Virginia | 7 | 0.4 |
| Wisconsin | 27 | 0.5 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0.2 |
In federal data
- NUCC code207WX0107X · Ophthalmology
- Size rank225th of 688 specialties by records (0.02% of all)
- In its family2nd of 8 Ophthalmology codes, 6% of the family
- Part D prescribers1,449 (91.5% of records)
- Part D claims620 a year per prescriber, on average (148th of 496)
- Industry payments1,253 physicians paid $9.6M in 2024, $8K each on average
- Concentration8 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of retina specialist (ophthalmology) physician records
- Jeffrey Fuller, MDBirmingham, AL1356343917
- Larry Brown, M.D.Birmingham, AL1124114863
- Mathew Sapp, M.D.Birmingham, AL1720023153
- Robert Morris, M.D.Birmingham, AL1477582922
- Matthew Oltmanns, M.D.Birmingham, AL1063603322
- Matthew West, M.D.Birmingham, AL1891135646
- Richard Feist, MDBirmingham, AL1508285636
- Cary Baxter, MDBirmingham, AL1366900581
- Tyler Rowsey, MDBirmingham, AL1548880248
- Richard Watson, MDVestavia, AL1144545740
- Samuel Taylor, M.D.Tuscaloosa, AL1568491017
- Scott Dorin, M.D.Florence, AL1588609960
- Tarek Persaud, M.D.Huntsville, AL1073578589
- Edgar Ready, M.D.Huntsville, AL1932136355
- Nancy Medeiros, M.D.Huntsville, AL1427086404
- James Byrne, M.D.Huntsville, AL1831128388
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician headcount concentrate?
1,584 Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician NPIs span 49 states; California alone holds 205. Top metros include New York, NY; Portland, OR; Sacramento, CA; Aurora, CO. Nationally this is 225th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 1,253 Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician physicians totaling $9.6M (22,771 payments; average $8K, 54th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician NPIs, 1,449 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 620 claims and $73K drug cost per prescriber; 148th of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
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.