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Helena - CMS NPI registry, August 2026

Eye Doctors in Helena, MT: 9 Registered Practices

9 eye care organizations on the Montana side of the Helena metropolitan statistical area area hold a current NPI in the August 2026 CMS file: 7 optometry practices (78 percent) and 2 ophthalmology practices. They spread across 2 cities, led by Helena (8) and Montana City (1). The metro covers 2 counties including Jefferson County and Lewis and Clark County. 1 records were refreshed by the practice in 2024 or later and 7 have not been updated since before 2020.

Booking here: 78 percent of Helena records are optometry practices, which is the side of the market that does routine exams at $120 to $200 without insurance. The 2 ophthalmology practices are physician offices and price accordingly, at $150 to $300 or more.

Registered practices
9
1 with a profile page
Optometry
7
78% of this metro
Ophthalmology
2
0 register a subspecialty
Cities covered
2
2 counties
Address matched
100%
every record matched to a street address

What an eye exam costs around Helena

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
Helena862
Montana City110

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

Every registered practice in Helena

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
American Eyecare
Registered as Leonard & David Vainio PC
HelenaOptometry(406) 449-8682April 2008
Helena Eye Clinic PCHelenaOphthalmology(406) 443-4040May 2008
Helena Vision Center, PCHelenaOptometry(406) 442-6814January 2008
Montana Eyecare LLPHelenaOptometry(406) 443-2121January 2011
Mountain View Eyecare PCHelenaOphthalmology(406) 442-3938October 2024
Standish Vision P.cHelenaOptometry(406) 495-8591December 2007
Vision ConsultantsHelenaOptometry(775) 375-8869September 2020
Yellowstone Vision Care Inc PCHelenaOptometry(406) 495-7053November 2007
Dochardy.com LLCMontana CityOptometry(406) 442-2020February 2011

Phone numbers are the practice location numbers on the NPI record. They are self-reported, CMS does not verify them, and 7 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 Montana licensing boards.

Nearby metro areas

Butte-Silver Bow, MT (5)Great Falls, MT (13)Bozeman, MT (23)Missoula, MT (16)Kalispell, MT (11)Billings, MT (30)All Montana 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