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Bay City - CMS NPI registry, August 2026

Eye Doctors in Bay City, MI: 14 Registered Practices

14 eye care organizations on the Michigan side of the Bay City metropolitan statistical area area hold a current NPI in the August 2026 CMS file: 11 optometry practices (79 percent) and 3 ophthalmology practices. They spread across 3 cities, led by Bay City (11), Auburn (2) and Pinconning (1). The metro covers Bay County. 3 records were refreshed by the practice in 2024 or later and 9 have not been updated since before 2020.

Booking here: 79 percent of Bay City 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
14
1 with a profile page
Optometry
11
79% of this metro
Ophthalmology
3
0 register a subspecialty
Cities covered
3
1 county
Address matched
100%
every record matched to a street address

What an eye exam costs around Bay City

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.

America's Best (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
Bay City1192
Auburn211
Pinconning110

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

Every registered practice in Bay City

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
Auburn Optical Co.AuburnOptometry(989) 662-2501November 2007
Carol L Cooper MD PCAuburnOphthalmology(989) 832-0042November 2008
America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses
Registered as National Vision Inc
America's Best
Bay CityOptometry(989) 459-4605May 2025
Bay Eye Care Center, PCBay CityOptometry(989) 892-9595June 2025
Eyes
Registered as Experience Your Eye Specialist, PLC
Bay CityOptometry(989) 684-7121February 2010
Great Lakes Eye InstituteBay CityOphthalmology(989) 793-2820May 2020
In Focus Vision Center PLLCBay CityOptometry(989) 684-8840September 2024
Lee Newton IncBay CityOptometry(989) 667-9393May 2010
Matthew S. Pestrue OD PLLCBay CityOptometry(989) 684-5526October 2009
Newton Eye Care PCBay CityOptometry(989) 667-9393March 2014
Richard Eric Strain, O.D., P.L.C.Bay CityOptometry(989) 684-8840April 2012
Valley Eye Care P.C.Bay CityOphthalmology(989) 892-6616December 2009
Vision Quest Optical, LLCBay CityOptometry(989) 778-1414January 2020
Pinconning Family Eye Care PCPinconningOptometry(989) 879-3937September 2015

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 Michigan licensing boards.

Nearby metro areas

Saginaw, MI (26)Midland, MI (12)Alma, MI (5)Mount Pleasant, MI (6)Flint, MI (75)Owosso, MI (13)All Michigan 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