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Hammond - CMS NPI registry, October 2026

Eye Doctors in Hammond, LA: 11 Registered Practices

11 eye care organizations on the Louisiana side of the Hammond metropolitan statistical area area hold a current NPI in the October 2026 CMS file: 8 optometry practices (73 percent) and 3 ophthalmology practices. They spread across 4 cities, led by Hammond (7), Amite (2), Independence (1) and Ponchatoula (1). The metro covers Tangipahoa Parish. 0 records were refreshed by the practice in 2024 or later and 6 have not been updated since before 2020.

Booking here: 73 percent of Hammond records are optometry practices, which is the side of the market that does routine exams at $120 to $200 without insurance. The 3 ophthalmology practices are physician offices and price accordingly, at $150 to $300 or more.

Registered practices
11
1 with a profile page
Optometry
8
73% of this metro
Ophthalmology
3
0 register a subspecialty
Cities covered
4
1 county
Address matched
64%
rest placed at a ZIP code centroid

What an eye exam costs around Hammond

No prices exist in the NPI registry, so treat the list below as a call sheet rather than a quote sheet. The nearest published national figure is $95, the median starting exam fee across the 1,280 US retail optical stores that print one on their own store pages (30 September 2026), and Medicare pays $149.64 for a comprehensive new-patient exam (CPT 92004).

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 $80 to $120 at the middle half of stores that print a price, and a contact lens fitting is priced separately, at a $129 median published fee.

Where the practices are

CityPracticesOptometryOphthalmology
Hammond743
Amite220
Independence110
Ponchatoula110

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

Every registered practice in Hammond

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
Bond Wroten Eye ClinicAmiteOptometry(985) 748-8096October 2012
Thomas Eye Care and Associates
Registered as Precision Optical of Hammond, Inc.
AmiteOptometry(985) 748-8750October 2022
Cate Street Optical
Registered as La Optometrics Vision Center
HammondOptometry(985) 956-7890June 2019
Eye Physicians & Surgeons, IncHammondOphthalmology(985) 345-0050July 2009
Labbe Eye Clinic Inc.HammondOptometry(985) 345-2026July 2009
Northshore Anesthesia, LLCHammondOphthalmology(985) 542-3336November 2010
Northshore Eye Associates LLCHammondOphthalmology(985) 375-1111April 2020
St. Charles Vision Outlet
Registered as Stephen E. Warren LLC
HammondOptometry(985) 542-9410August 2020
The Hammond Eye Clinic, L.L.C.HammondOptometry(985) 345-0607September 2012
Eugene Oppman Apoc IncIndependenceOptometry(985) 878-1066September 2023
Crystal Clear Eyecare, LLCPonchatoulaOptometry(985) 467-1223February 2020

Phone numbers are the practice location numbers on the NPI record. They are self-reported, CMS does not verify them, and 6 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 Louisiana licensing boards.

Nearby metro areas

Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA (32)Bogalusa, LA (4)Baton Rouge, LA (60)New Orleans-Metairie, LA (119)McComb, MS (6)Picayune, MS (4)All Louisiana practices

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Source and provenance. CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), NPI data dissemination file, August 2026 (October 2026, published October 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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