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Athens-Clarke County - CMS NPI registry, August 2026

Eye Doctors in Athens-Clarke County, GA: 22 Registered Practices

22 eye care organizations on the Georgia side of the Athens-Clarke County metropolitan statistical area area hold a current NPI in the August 2026 CMS file: 15 optometry practices (68 percent) and 7 ophthalmology practices. They spread across 3 cities, led by Athens (16), Watkinsville (5) and Bogart (1). The metro covers 2 counties including Clarke County and Oconee County. 5 records were refreshed by the practice in 2024 or later and 9 have not been updated since before 2020.

Booking here: 68 percent of Athens-Clarke County records are optometry practices, which is the side of the market that does routine exams at $120 to $200 without insurance. The 7 ophthalmology practices are physician offices and price accordingly, at $150 to $300 or more.

Registered practices
22
6 with a profile page
Optometry
15
68% of this metro
Ophthalmology
7
2 register a subspecialty
Cities covered
3
2 counties
Address matched
91%
rest placed at a ZIP code centroid

What an eye exam costs around Athens-Clarke County

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.

Pearle Vision (1 record) is registered in this metro, and retail optical is the $50 to $110 end of the range. Independent optometry runs $120 to $200, and a comprehensive exam is $100 to $250.

Where the practices are

CityPracticesOptometryOphthalmology
Athens16115
Watkinsville541
Bogart101

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

Every registered practice in Athens-Clarke County

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
Athens Eye Care
Registered as Eric T. Kinard, O.D., P.C.
AthensOptometry(706) 353-2119February 2008
Athens Eye Consultants LLCAthensOphthalmology(706) 850-1771December 2023
Athens Family Vision Clinic
Registered as Russell D Springer PC
AthensOptometry(706) 543-3599October 2024
Athens Retina Center PCAthensRetina(706) 543-3200May 2018
East Athens Family Vision, LLCAthensOptometry(706) 850-7101January 2022
Five Points Eye Care Center
Registered as Five Points Optometrists, PC
AthensOptometry(706) 543-2020March 2013
Georgia Center for Sight
Registered as Jing Dong M.D. P.C.
AthensOphthalmology(706) 546-9290February 2023
Georgia Eye
Registered as Georgia Eye LLC
AthensOphthalmologynot listedDecember 2025
Harron EyecareAthensCorneal and contact lens management(706) 369-5327March 2011
Jenkins Vision Care
Registered as Northeast Georgia Vision Care LLC
AthensOptometry(706) 353-2520April 2026
Keller, Crymes, & Demarco LLCAthensOphthalmology(706) 549-9993June 2021
Pearle Vision
Registered as Km Vision Inc.
Pearle Vision
AthensOptometry(706) 613-6409October 2023
Thomas Edward AreyAthensOptometry(706) 549-7047July 2008
Thomas Eye CenterAthensOptometry(706) 549-7757August 2020
Thomas Eye Center
Registered as Athens Eye Care LLC
AthensOptometry(706) 549-7757August 2024
Veritas Eye Care LLCAthensOptometry(706) 247-8149May 2023
Blue Laser GroupBogartOphthalmology(706) 549-0005March 2023
Bruce L Hammonds OD PCWatkinsvilleOptometry(706) 769-4404June 2008
Georgia Ophthalmologists LLCWatkinsvilleOphthalmology(706) 549-0005March 2018
Oconee Eye LLCWatkinsvilleOptometry(706) 237-9128January 2025
Oconee Vision Group, LLCWatkinsvilleOptometry(706) 769-4404December 2015
Rhk IncWatkinsvilleOptometry(706) 310-5050February 2012

Phone numbers are the practice location numbers on the NPI record. They are self-reported, CMS does not verify them, and 9 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 Georgia licensing boards.

Nearby metro areas

Jefferson, GA (8)Gainesville, GA (19)Toccoa, GA (4)Cornelia, GA (3)Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (801)Seneca, SC (7)All Georgia 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