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Sandusky - CMS NPI registry, October 2026

Eye Doctors in Sandusky, OH: 14 Registered Practices

14 eye care organizations on the Ohio side of the Sandusky metropolitan statistical area area hold a current NPI in the October 2026 CMS file: 11 optometry practices (79 percent) and 3 ophthalmology practices. They spread across 5 cities, led by Sandusky (7), Huron (2), Port Clinton (2) and Vermilion (2). The metro covers 2 counties including Erie County and Ottawa County. 0 records were refreshed by the practice in 2024 or later and 7 have not been updated since before 2020.

Booking here: 79 percent of Sandusky 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
5
2 counties
Address matched
100%
every record matched to a street address

What an eye exam costs around Sandusky

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
Sandusky743
Huron220
Port Clinton220
Vermilion220
Oak Harbor110

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

Every registered practice in Sandusky

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
Eric Martin, O.D. and AssociatesHuronOptometry(419) 433-3937August 2020
Familyeyecarecenters
Registered as DREFFER,HICKS&DEMOS, O.D., Inc.
HuronOptometry(419) 433-2630February 2010
Thomas N. Garner, O.D., Inc.Oak HarborOptometry(419) 559-9546July 2008
Lake Erie Family Eyecare LLCPort ClintonOptometry(419) 734-2106January 2011
Madison Eye Care
Registered as Madison Eye Care of Port Clinton LLC
Port ClintonOptometry(419) 732-2828May 2023
Carl Olson Optometry LLCSanduskyOptometry(419) 502-3239March 2014
Cleveland Eye Clinic
Registered as Northern Ohio Eye Consultants Inc
SanduskyOphthalmology(419) 625-6181March 2021
Drs. Pfahl & Schild, IncSanduskyOphthalmology(419) 626-8181August 2020
Family Eye Care Centers
Registered as Dreffer, Hicks, & Demos OD Inc
SanduskyOptometry(419) 626-0272March 2014
Parschauer Eye Center IncSanduskyOphthalmology(419) 625-6181August 2017
Svs Vision IncSanduskyOptometry(419) 624-0456June 2021
Terence G. Templeton, O.D., Inc.SanduskyOptometry(419) 625-6300August 2020
Erie Shores Eye Care
Registered as Andrea L. Fisher OD
VermilionOptometry(440) 714-1901July 2020
North Coast Eye Care Vermilion, LLCVermilionOptometry(440) 967-2020August 2012

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 Ohio licensing boards.

Nearby metro areas

Fremont, OH (9)Norwalk, OH (8)Tiffin, OH (7)Bucyrus, OH (5)Mansfield, OH (15)Monroe, MI (17)All Ohio 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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