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Ames - CMS NPI registry, August 2026

Eye Doctors in Ames, IA: 10 Registered Practices

10 eye care organizations on the Iowa side of the Ames metropolitan statistical area area hold a current NPI in the August 2026 CMS file: 10 optometry practices (100 percent) and 0 ophthalmology practices. They spread across 4 cities, led by Ames (7), Boone (1), Huxley (1) and Nevada (1). The metro covers 2 counties including Boone County and Story County. 1 records were refreshed by the practice in 2024 or later and 8 have not been updated since before 2020.

Booking here: 100 percent of Ames records are optometry practices, which is the side of the market that does routine exams at $120 to $200 without insurance. The 0 ophthalmology practices are physician offices and price accordingly, at $150 to $300 or more.

Registered practices
10
0 with a profile page
Optometry
10
100% of this metro
Ophthalmology
0
1 register a subspecialty
Cities covered
4
2 counties
Address matched
90%
rest placed at a ZIP code centroid

What an eye exam costs around Ames

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
Ames770
Boone110
Huxley110
Nevada110

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

Every registered practice in Ames

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
Ames Eye Clinic
Registered as John E Kruger, O.D., P.C.
AmesOptometry(515) 232-3451October 2007
Ames Family Vision
Registered as Thornton Eye Care
AmesOptometry(712) 261-1915October 2014
Eyecare Partners, P.C.AmesOptometry(641) 628-9225March 2019
Larson Eyecare IncAmesOptometry(515) 956-3553June 2008
Mark Dill OD PLCAmesOptometry(515) 337-1601June 2015
Styleyes Ames
Registered as Wittrock & Eckhart, PLLC
AmesOptometry(515) 232-1436February 2012
Tuttle Eye Care, Inc.AmesCorneal and contact lens management(515) 233-5664October 2007
Boone Vision Center LLCBooneOptometry(515) 432-2973July 2008
Huxley Vision Clinic
Registered as Sara Khan OD PC
HuxleyOptometry(515) 597-5200February 2026
Nevada Vision Clinic
Registered as Robb Schmidt, OD, PC
NevadaOptometry(515) 382-2744August 2020

Phone numbers are the practice location numbers on the NPI record. They are self-reported, CMS does not verify them, and 8 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 Iowa licensing boards.

Nearby metro areas

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA (115)Marshalltown, IA (6)Fort Dodge, IA (7)Pella, IA (3)Carroll, IA (4)Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA (21)All Iowa 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