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Healthcare providers — Ophthalmology
CMS NPPES registration records for the Ophthalmology specialty — national supply, per-state distribution, and national MIPS quality context, with field-level provenance back to the federal source.
24,811 active Ophthalmology providers are registered in the CMS NPPES NPI Registry across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, snapshotted 2026-05-06. The table below shows how that supply is distributed by state — both the raw active-provider count and the population-adjusted density (providers per 100,000 residents, U.S. Census PEP). Each record carries field-level provenance back to its federal source.
Ophthalmology providers by state
All 51 jurisdictions, ranked by active-provider count. Density rank is 1 = highest providers per 100,000 residents. Population denominators are U.S. Census Bureau PEP V2025 estimates.
| State | Active providers | Per 100k | Density rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 3,197 | 8.1 | 12/51 |
| New York | 1,955 | 9.8 | 5/51 |
| Florida | 1,776 | 7.6 | 17/51 |
| Texas | 1,707 | 5.5 | 41/51 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,160 | 8.9 | 8/51 |
| Illinois | 1,000 | 7.9 | 15/51 |
| Michigan | 855 | 8.4 | 10/51 |
| Ohio | 845 | 7.1 | 24/51 |
| Massachusetts | 826 | 11.6 | 2/51 |
| North Carolina | 728 | 6.6 | 27/51 |
| New Jersey | 679 | 7.1 | 23/51 |
| Maryland | 648 | 10.3 | 3/51 |
| Virginia | 647 | 7.3 | 21/51 |
| Georgia | 596 | 5.3 | 44/51 |
| Washington | 552 | 6.9 | 25/51 |
| Wisconsin | 472 | 7.9 | 14/51 |
| Minnesota | 466 | 8 | 13/51 |
| Colorado | 449 | 7.5 | 18/51 |
| Tennessee | 422 | 5.8 | 39/51 |
| Arizona | 413 | 5.4 | 42/51 |
| Oregon | 406 | 9.5 | 7/51 |
| Connecticut | 372 | 10.1 | 4/51 |
| Missouri | 372 | 6 | 37/51 |
| South Carolina | 354 | 6.5 | 28/51 |
| Louisiana | 345 | 7.5 | 20/51 |
| Indiana | 341 | 4.9 | 47/51 |
| Kentucky | 280 | 6.1 | 32/51 |
| Alabama | 259 | 5 | 46/51 |
| Oklahoma | 245 | 6 | 36/51 |
| Iowa | 234 | 7.2 | 22/51 |
| Utah | 225 | 6.4 | 29/51 |
| Kansas | 180 | 6.1 | 33/51 |
| Mississippi | 169 | 5.7 | 40/51 |
| Nevada | 159 | 4.9 | 49/51 |
| Arkansas | 151 | 4.9 | 48/51 |
| Hawaii | 139 | 9.6 | 6/51 |
| Nebraska | 120 | 6 | 35/51 |
| New Mexico | 113 | 5.3 | 45/51 |
| West Virginia | 109 | 6.2 | 31/51 |
| Maine | 108 | 7.7 | 16/51 |
| New Hampshire | 106 | 7.5 | 19/51 |
| District of Columbia | 95 | 13.5 | 1/51 |
| Rhode Island | 93 | 8.4 | 11/51 |
| Idaho | 86 | 4.3 | 50/51 |
| Delaware | 67 | 6.4 | 30/51 |
| Montana | 67 | 5.9 | 38/51 |
| South Dakota | 62 | 6.7 | 26/51 |
| Vermont | 57 | 8.8 | 9/51 |
| North Dakota | 48 | 6 | 34/51 |
| Alaska | 40 | 5.4 | 43/51 |
| Wyoming | 16 | 2.7 | 51/51 |
Quality context: MIPS scores
Fonteum publishes the national CMS Quality Payment Program (QPP) MIPS score distribution. A per-specialty cross-tab is not yet available in the public QPP release, so the figures below are national across all participating clinicians — not specific to Ophthalmology.
Frequently asked questions
How many Ophthalmology providers are there in the United States?
Fonteum tracks the active Ophthalmology providers registered in the CMS NPPES NPI Registry across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The national total and per-state breakdown are shown in the distribution table on this page, sourced from the NPPES supply file.
Which states have the most Ophthalmology providers?
By active-provider count, the states with the most Ophthalmology providers are California, New York, Florida. California has the most (3,197 active providers). Full per-state counts are in the distribution table above.
Where are Ophthalmology providers most scarce relative to population?
Adjusted for population (providers per 100,000 residents, U.S. Census PEP), Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada have the lowest Ophthalmology provider density in the current snapshot. Density rank is shown for every state in the table above.
Does Fonteum report MIPS quality scores for Ophthalmology?
Fonteum publishes the national CMS Quality Payment Program MIPS score distribution (mean 83.06, 85.5% of clinicians scored at or above the high-performer threshold of 75). A per-specialty cross-tab is not yet available in the public QPP release, so these figures are national rather than specific to Ophthalmology. Individual clinician scores can be looked up by NPI with the MIPS score lookup tool.
What does "active provider" mean in this data?
An active provider is an NPI record in the CMS NPPES NPI Registry whose primary taxonomy classifies it under the Ophthalmology specialty, in the snapshot Fonteum ingested. The count reflects registered providers, not practicing headcount or facility affiliations.
Where does this Ophthalmology provider data come from?
Provider counts come from the CMS National Provider Identifier (NPPES) registry; population denominators for the per-100k density come from the U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP V2025). Every figure carries field-level provenance back to its federal source. See the methodology page and the NPPES dataset page for full detail.