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Chico - CMS NPI registry, August 2026

Eye Doctors in Chico, CA: 28 Registered Practices

28 eye care organizations on the California side of the Chico metropolitan statistical area area hold a current NPI in the August 2026 CMS file: 13 optometry practices (46 percent) and 15 ophthalmology practices. They spread across 4 cities, led by Chico (15), Oroville (7), Paradise (5) and Gridley (1). The metro covers Butte County. 3 records were refreshed by the practice in 2024 or later and 15 have not been updated since before 2020.

Booking here: 46 percent of Chico records are optometry practices, which is the side of the market that does routine exams at $120 to $200 without insurance. The 15 ophthalmology practices are physician offices and price accordingly, at $150 to $300 or more. Eye Life Institute and Eye Life Institute run multiple offices in this metro, so one price check usually covers all of them.

Registered practices
28
6 with a profile page
Optometry
13
46% of this metro
Ophthalmology
15
1 register a subspecialty
Cities covered
4
1 county
Address matched
93%
rest placed at a ZIP code centroid

What an eye exam costs around Chico

No prices exist in the NPI registry, so treat the list below as a call sheet rather than a quote sheet. Nationally this site puts an eye exam at about $136 without insurance and around $25 with a vision plan.

No national retail optical brand is registered under its own name in this metro, so expect the independent optometry band of $120 to $200 rather than the $50 to $110 retail band. A comprehensive exam is $100 to $250, and adding a contact lens fitting takes the visit to $150 to $370.

Where the practices are

CityPracticesOptometryOphthalmology
Chico1578
Oroville725
Paradise532
Gridley110

City is the free-text value the practice entered in the registry. Every city in this table sits inside the Chico metropolitan statistical area area as defined by the Census 2023 delineation.

Every registered practice in Chico

Ordered by city, then by name. Names in blue have a profile page with the full registry record and the nearest alternatives.

PracticeCityRegistered asPhone on recordRecord updated
Agi Health IncChicoOphthalmology(530) 924-0749December 2018
Associated Chico Eye SpecialistsChicoOphthalmology(530) 895-3884April 2009
Chcio Retina Center
Registered as Vitreo-Retinal Medical Group, Inc.
ChicoRetina(530) 899-2251October 2023
Chico Eye Center
Registered as Chico Eye Center Medical Group
ChicoOphthalmology(530) 895-1727May 2023
Chico Vision Care
Registered as Pennington Optometric Corporation
ChicoOptometry(530) 342-9644July 2020
Chico Vision Care Optometry GroupChicoOptometry(530) 342-9644June 2020
Douglas R. Myers, O.D., Inc.ChicoOptometry(530) 891-1146August 2020
Eye Life Institute
Registered as Jerome Wh Niswonger MD Inc
ChicoOphthalmology(530) 892-2020October 2007
Family Eye Care Optometry, P.C.ChicoOptometry(530) 899-3939October 2014
Firstsigjt Vision Services, Inc.ChicoOptometry(530) 899-8175November 2007
North Valley Eye CareChicoOphthalmology(530) 891-1900August 2013
Osamede Odiase OD IncChicoOptometry(530) 899-8175June 2024
Reeve Woods Eye Center
Registered as Sonntag Reeve Eye Center, Inc
ChicoOphthalmology(530) 899-2244November 2022
Ridge Eye Care IncChicoOphthalmology(530) 891-1900September 2022
Sierra Vision Care OptometryChicoOptometry(530) 893-0288October 2025
Barry L FallesenGridleyOptometry(530) 846-2697November 2010
Carlson Optometry IncOrovilleOptometry(530) 533-1975January 2020
Chang Smith Medical Associates IncOrovilleOphthalmology(530) 532-7650April 2008
Cochrane Ophthalmology Associates
Registered as Richard Cochrane, M.D., Inc.
OrovilleOphthalmology(530) 533-4500April 2008
Eye Life Institute
Registered as David J Gajda, MD, A Professional Corporation
OrovilleOphthalmology(530) 877-2020April 2019
Oroville Eye Associates, Inc.
Registered as Oroville Hospital
OrovilleOphthalmology(530) 532-7650December 2022
Oroville Vision Optometric Group
Registered as Rocchi and Spanfelner Optometrists
OrovilleOptometry(530) 533-6604January 2013
Valley Eye Associates
Registered as Oroville Hospital
OrovilleOphthalmology(530) 533-4500December 2022
David J Gajda MD A Professional CorporationParadiseOphthalmology(530) 877-2020March 2018
David J Gajda, MD, A Professional CorporationParadiseOphthalmology(530) 877-2020February 2017
Eye Life Institute
Registered as Jerome Wh Niswonger MD Inc
ParadiseOptometry(530) 877-2020September 2025
Paradise Optometry Group
Registered as Ann K. McPherran, O.D.
ParadiseOptometry(530) 872-1376March 2012
Robert Di Pietro OD Optometric CorporationParadiseOptometry(530) 877-2250January 2010

Phone numbers are the practice location numbers on the NPI record. They are self-reported, CMS does not verify them, and 15 of these records have not been updated since before 2020. An NPI does not mean the practice is licensed: that is a matter for the California licensing boards.

Groups with more than one office here

Practice groupOffices in this metro
Eye Life Institute3
Eye Life Institute2
Oroville Eye Associates, Inc.2

Nearby metro areas

Yuba City, CA (16)Red Bluff, CA (6)Truckee-Grass Valley, CA (11)Redding, CA (26)Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA (276)Clearlake, CA (5)All California practices

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Source and provenance. CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), NPI data dissemination file, August 2026 (August 2026, published August 2026 file). CMS NPI downloadable files. Licence: US federal public data, FOIA-disclosable, no charge; CMS deactivated-NPI display guidance honoured. NPI registry records from the CMS NPPES monthly file. An NPI is a billing identifier, not a licence: CMS does not verify that the holder is licensed or credentialed. Registry contact details are self-reported and are often years out of date. This directory lists organizations only. Individual practitioner records are never published here.

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Updated 2026-07-06