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Delaware - CMS NPI registry, August 2026

Eye Doctors in Delaware: 122 Registered Practices

The August 2026 CMS national provider file lists 122 eye care organizations across Delaware: 77 registered as optometry practices (63 percent) and 45 as ophthalmology practices. They sit in 19 cities and towns, led by Wilmington (40), Dover (16), Newark (11) and Bear (6). 3 metro areas have enough registered practices for a page of their own and hold 100 percent of the state's records; the remainder are listed below. 19 records were updated by the practice in 2024 or later and 68 have not been touched since before 2020.

Where they are: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington alone holds 70 of them, 57 percent of the state total. Optometry accounts for 63 percent of Delaware records, and 6 practices register a subspecialty such as retina, glaucoma or pediatric care as their primary code rather than the general code.

Registered practices
122
19 with a profile page
Optometry
77
63% of the state total
Ophthalmology
45
6 register a subspecialty
Metro areas
3
19 cities and towns
Address matched
89%
rest placed at a ZIP code centroid

What an eye exam costs in Delaware

The registry holds no prices. This site's price research puts a US eye exam at about $136 without insurance and around $25 with a vision plan. Reported state averages run from roughly $113 in the lowest-cost states to about $196 in Hawaii, so treat location as a modest adjustment rather than the main driver.

The bigger lever is which of the 122 practices below you call. Retail optical sits at $50 to $110, independent optometry at $120 to $200, and the 45 Delaware ophthalmology practices at $150 to $300 or more, since those visits are usually medical rather than routine.

Metro areas in Delaware

Metro areas are Census core based statistical areas, so a metro can carry several counties and dozens of towns. Each one below has its own page with the full practice list.

Metro areaPracticesOptometryOphthalmologyCitiesType
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington7041297Metropolitan Statistical Area
Dover261884Metropolitan Statistical Area
Seaford261889Micropolitan Statistical Area

Cities with the most registered practices

CityPracticesOptometryOphthalmology
Wilmington402119
Dover16124
Newark1147
Bear642
Middletown651
Milford624
Seaford642
New Castle550
Millville431
Rehoboth Beach422
Smyrna431
Georgetown330
Millsboro330
Laurel220
Lewes211
Greenville110
Harrington110
Hockessin110
Milton101

City names are the free-text values practices entered in the registry, so nearby suburbs sometimes appear under their own name rather than the main city. The metro pages group them properly.

Retail optical brands registered in Delaware

Records whose legal or trading name contains the brand. Retail chains are the low end of the exam price range, so this is worth checking before you call an independent practice.

BrandRecords in DEPrice guide
MyEyeDr12MyEyeDr exam prices

Multi-site practice groups

Names registered at three or more separate Delaware locations. Group practices often run one price list across every office, so a quote from one site usually holds at the others.

Practice groupRegistered locations in DE
Myeyedr.12
Halpern Eye Care11
Delaware Eye Care Center PA7
Eye Specialists of Delaware6

Other states

Alaska (121)Montana (155)North Dakota (135)Rhode Island (151)South Dakota (151)Wyoming (105)All states

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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