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Wheeling - CMS NPI registry, October 2026

Eye Doctors in Wheeling, OH: 14 Registered Practices

14 eye care organizations on the Ohio side of the Wheeling 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 Bellaire (4), Barnesville (3), Saint Clairsville (3) and Bridgeport (2). The metro covers Belmont County. 2 records were refreshed by the practice in 2024 or later and 8 have not been updated since before 2020. The West Virginia side of the same metro adds 12 more, listed separately.

Booking here: 79 percent of Wheeling 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
2 with a profile page
Optometry
11
79% of this metro
Ophthalmology
3
0 register a subspecialty
Cities covered
5
1 county
Address matched
93%
rest placed at a ZIP code centroid

What an eye exam costs around Wheeling

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
Bellaire422
Barnesville330
Saint Clairsville330
Bridgeport220
Martins Ferry211

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

Every registered practice in Wheeling

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
Barnesville Vision Center, LLCBarnesvilleOptometry(740) 425-7000April 2020
Dr Douglas A HuffBarnesvilleOptometry(740) 425-2605April 2008
Zachary A. Leach, O.D.BarnesvilleOptometry(740) 425-7000June 2020
Integrative Eye CareBellaireOptometry(216) 250-1233May 2026
Joseph M. Bannon OD Inc.BellaireOptometry(740) 676-2574August 2008
Raymond A BannanBellaireOphthalmology(740) 676-1121February 2011
Raymond A Bannan, MD LLCBellaireOphthalmology(740) 676-1121April 2021
Bridgeport Eyecare LLCBridgeportOptometry(740) 635-2020March 2026
Drs. Favede & AssociatesBridgeportOptometry(740) 635-0814December 2008
Harold L. Pickens, O.D.Martins FerryOptometry(740) 633-2456August 2012
Tri-State Pediatric Ophthalmology, LLCMartins FerryOphthalmology(740) 633-6671December 2007
Douglas D. HockingSaint ClairsvilleOptometry(740) 695-0444December 2008
Dr Edward L Mdonald OD
Registered as Ocucare Ophthalmic Services, PLLC
Saint ClairsvilleOptometry(740) 695-2860May 2023
John N. Pokas, O.D. & AssociatesSaint ClairsvilleOptometry(740) 695-8418September 2009

Phone numbers are the practice location numbers on the NPI record. They are self-reported, CMS does not verify them, and 8 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

Wheeling, WV (12)Weirton-Steubenville, OH (3)Weirton-Steubenville, WV (9)Cambridge, OH (5)New Philadelphia-Dover, OH (13)Salem, OH (12)Wheeling: West Virginia side (12)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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