Eye Doctors in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC: 30 Registered Practices
Booking here: 63 percent of Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton records are optometry practices, which is the side of the market that does routine exams at $120 to $200 without insurance. The 11 ophthalmology practices are physician offices and price accordingly, at $150 to $300 or more. Graystone Eye and Morganton Eye Physicians, P.A. run multiple offices in this metro, so one price check usually covers all of them.
What an eye exam costs around Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton
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
| City | Practices | Optometry | Ophthalmology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory | 13 | 8 | 5 |
| Morganton | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Newton | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Taylorsville | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Hudson | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Lenoir | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Conover | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Maiden | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rutherford College | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Terrell | 1 | 0 | 1 |
City is the free-text value the practice entered in the registry. Every city in this table sits inside the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metropolitan statistical area area as defined by the Census 2023 delineation.
Every registered practice in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton
Ordered by city, then by name. Names in blue have a profile page with the full registry record and the nearest alternatives.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Phone on record | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr, John T. Griggs, Optometrist P.A. | Conover | Optometry | (828) 464-4362 | August 2020 |
| Alicia Carroll MD Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Center | Hickory | Ophthalmology | (828) 267-2660 | October 2007 |
| Catawba Valley Ophthalmology Registered as Catawba Valley Medical Center | Hickory | Ophthalmology | (828) 326-3000 | January 2025 |
| Cos Eye Care, O.D., P.A. | Hickory | Optometry | (828) 929-5515 | February 2026 |
| Elite Family Eye Care Registered as Elite Family Eye Care, OD, PLLC | Hickory | Optometry | (919) 608-2579 | March 2013 |
| Graystone Eye Registered as Graystone Ophthalmology Associates, P.A. | Hickory | Ophthalmology | (828) 322-2050 | March 2026 |
| Graystone Retina Center Registered as Graystone Ophthalmology Associates, PA | Hickory | Ophthalmology | (828) 322-2050 | March 2026 |
| Jody Dale Papazekos OD | Hickory | Optometry | (828) 322-3154 | October 2013 |
| Kiser Eye Care Registered as Dr. Melanie S. Kiser PC | Hickory | Optometry | (828) 323-8833 | July 2026 |
| Mountain View Eye Center Registered as Claremont Optometric Eye Care Center, PLLC | Hickory | Optometry | (828) 294-1010 | September 2023 |
| Peak Eye Care Registered as Bartlett Grigsby Boan & Assoc PLLC | Hickory | Optometry | (828) 328-3900 | June 2018 |
| Viewmont Eye Associates PLLC | Hickory | Ophthalmology | (828) 322-4973 | November 2015 |
| Viewmont Optometry PLLC | Hickory | Optometry | (828) 322-4973 | May 2021 |
| Vision First Optometry PLLC | Hickory | Optometry | (828) 322-2606 | April 2021 |
| Dr. Ralph W Maynard III OD PA | Hudson | Optometry | (828) 728-5322 | March 2020 |
| Winesett Optometric Eye Care, PLLC | Hudson | Optometry | (828) 396-1919 | December 2007 |
| Graystone Eye Registered as Graystone Ophthalmology Associates, P.A. | Lenoir | Ophthalmology | (828) 322-2050 | August 2025 |
| Ronald G. Amaker & Associates, OD, PA | Lenoir | Optometry | (828) 757-2816 | August 2020 |
| Maiden Eye Clinic Registered as Maiden Optometric Eye Care Center, PLLC | Maiden | Optometry | (828) 428-9175 | May 2014 |
| Eye Care Specialities Registered as Alexander Optometric Clinic, P.A. | Morganton | Optometry | (828) 437-2950 | May 2011 |
| Morganton Eye Physicians, P.A. | Morganton | Ophthalmology | (828) 433-1000 | August 2025 |
| Morganton Eye Physicians, P.A. | Morganton | Ophthalmology | (828) 433-1000 | July 2009 |
| Lifetime Eyecare Registered as Allen H Bandy Jr | Newton | Optometry | (828) 464-0604 | March 2008 |
| Lifetime Eyecare Optometry, P.A. | Newton | Optometry | (828) 464-0604 | September 2009 |
| Newton Vision Center Registered as Newton Optometric Center, PLLC | Newton | Optometry | (828) 464-4136 | August 2019 |
| Morganton Eye Physicians, P.A. | Rutherford College | Ophthalmology | (828) 874-1000 | July 2009 |
| Dr. Jody D Papazekos | Taylorsville | Optometry | (828) 632-4566 | October 2013 |
| McKinnon Eye Clinic, P.A. | Taylorsville | Ophthalmology | (828) 632-9005 | April 2011 |
| Vision First Optometry PLLC | Taylorsville | Optometry | (828) 495-1234 | April 2021 |
| Graystone Eye Registered as Graystone Ophthalmology Associates, P.A. | Terrell | Ophthalmology | (828) 322-2050 | July 2026 |
Phone numbers are the practice location numbers on the NPI record. They are self-reported, CMS does not verify them, and 15 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 North Carolina licensing boards.
Groups with more than one office here
| Practice group | Offices in this metro |
|---|---|
| Graystone Eye | 3 |
| Morganton Eye Physicians, P.A. | 3 |
| Vision First Optometry PLLC | 2 |