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Elmira - CMS NPI registry, August 2026

Eye Doctors in Elmira, NY: 9 Registered Practices

9 eye care organizations on the New York side of the Elmira metropolitan statistical area area hold a current NPI in the August 2026 CMS file: 6 optometry practices (67 percent) and 3 ophthalmology practices. They spread across 2 cities, led by Elmira (6) and Horseheads (3). The metro covers Chemung County. 1 records were refreshed by the practice in 2024 or later and 5 have not been updated since before 2020.

Booking here: 67 percent of Elmira 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. Twin Tiers Eye Care Associates, PC run multiple offices in this metro, so one price check usually covers all of them.

Registered practices
9
2 with a profile page
Optometry
6
67% of this metro
Ophthalmology
3
1 register a subspecialty
Cities covered
2
1 county
Address matched
100%
every record matched to a street address

What an eye exam costs around Elmira

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
Elmira642
Horseheads321

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

Every registered practice in Elmira

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
A P Darling Low Vision Center
Registered as Southern Tier Assn F/T Visually Impaired Inc
ElmiraLow vision rehabilitation(607) 734-1554August 2020
Guthrie Medical Group PCElmiraOptometry(607) 734-2984January 2023
Lawrence J WaiteElmiraOptometry(607) 733-2694April 2008
Oasis Eye Care
Registered as Alyssa A Putman Optometrist PC
ElmiraOptometry(607) 733-2694May 2024
Steven D Salsburg MD PCElmiraOphthalmology(607) 733-2694December 2007
Twin Tiers Eye Care Associates, PCElmiraOphthalmology(607) 734-2984May 2012
America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses
Registered as National Vision Inc
America's Best
HorseheadsOptometry(607) 378-0346December 2019
The Vision Center
Registered as Plow Optometry PC
HorseheadsOptometry(607) 796-6284December 2023
Twin Tiers Eye Care Associates, PCHorseheadsOphthalmology(607) 739-5676November 2007

Phone numbers are the practice location numbers on the NPI record. They are self-reported, CMS does not verify them, and 5 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 New York licensing boards.

Groups with more than one office here

Practice groupOffices in this metro
Twin Tiers Eye Care Associates, PC2

Nearby metro areas

Sayre, PA (10)Ithaca, NY (9)Corning, NY (9)Binghamton, NY (17)Cortland, NY (4)Seneca Falls, NY (3)All New York 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