Eye Doctors in Rhode Island: 151 Registered Practices
Where they are: Providence-Warwick alone holds 151 of them, 100 percent of the state total. Optometry accounts for 74 percent of Rhode Island records, and 2 practices register a subspecialty such as retina, glaucoma or pediatric care as their primary code rather than the general code.
What an eye exam costs in Rhode Island
The registry holds no prices, so nothing here is a quote. The nearest published 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). For a national benchmark somebody does publish, Medicare pays $149.64 for a comprehensive new-patient exam (CPT 92004). Rhode Island has too few stores publishing a fee for a state median to mean anything, so this page quotes none rather than estimating one.
The bigger lever is which of the 151 practices below you call. Retail optical sits at $50 to $110, independent optometry at $120 to $200, and the 39 Rhode Island ophthalmology practices at $150 to $300 or more, since those visits are usually medical rather than routine.
Metro areas in Rhode Island
Metro areas are Census core based statistical areas, so a metro can carry several counties and dozens of towns. Each one below has its own page with the full practice list.
| Metro area | Practices | Optometry | Ophthalmology | Cities | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence-Warwick | 151 | 112 | 39 | 35 | Metropolitan Statistical Area |
Cities with the most registered practices
| City | Practices | Optometry | Ophthalmology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | 24 | 13 | 11 |
| Warwick | 19 | 14 | 5 |
| Cranston | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| East Providence | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Middletown | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Westerly | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Woonsocket | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Lincoln | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Pawtucket | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Greenville | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| North Kingstown | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Wakefield | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| North Providence | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Bristol | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Coventry | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Cumberland | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Johnston | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| East Greenwich | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Smithfield | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| West Warwick | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Barrington | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Central Falls | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jamestown | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kingston | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N Providence | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N Scituate | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Providence | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Narragansett | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Newport | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| North Smithfield | 1 | 1 | 0 |
City names are the free-text values practices entered in the registry, so nearby suburbs sometimes appear under their own name rather than the main city. The metro pages group them properly.
Multi-site practice groups
Names registered at three or more separate Rhode Island locations. Group practices often run one price list across every office, so a quote from one site usually holds at the others.
| Practice group | Registered locations in RI |
|---|---|
| Koch Eye Associates LLP | 7 |
| Optometric Care Inc | 5 |
| Optometric Providers of Rhode Island, Inc | 5 |
| Brown Vision Care, Inc | 4 |
| Ronald J. Hall O.D. | 3 |