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Augusta-Richmond County - CMS NPI registry, August 2026

Eye Doctors in Augusta-Richmond County, SC: 21 Registered Practices

21 eye care organizations on the South Carolina side of the Augusta-Richmond County metropolitan statistical area area hold a current NPI in the August 2026 CMS file: 17 optometry practices (81 percent) and 4 ophthalmology practices. They spread across 5 cities, led by Aiken (15), North Augusta (2), Wagener (2) and Beech Island (1). The metro covers 2 counties including Aiken County and Edgefield County. 2 records were refreshed by the practice in 2024 or later and 16 have not been updated since before 2020. The Georgia side of the same metro adds 44 more, listed separately.

Booking here: 81 percent of Augusta-Richmond County records are optometry practices, which is the side of the market that does routine exams at $120 to $200 without insurance. The 4 ophthalmology practices are physician offices and price accordingly, at $150 to $300 or more. Eye Care One and Family Eyecare Center run multiple offices in this metro, so one price check usually covers all of them.

Registered practices
21
3 with a profile page
Optometry
17
81% of this metro
Ophthalmology
4
0 register a subspecialty
Cities covered
5
2 counties
Address matched
86%
rest placed at a ZIP code centroid

What an eye exam costs around Augusta-Richmond County

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
Aiken15123
North Augusta220
Wagener211
Beech Island110
Edgefield110

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

Every registered practice in Augusta-Richmond County

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
Aiken Eye Care
Registered as Eoj LLC
AikenOptometry(803) 617-7611February 2022
Aiken Eyecare One LLCAikenOptometry(803) 641-4646May 2010
America's Best
Registered as National Vision Inc
America's Best
AikenOptometry(803) 845-6392July 2024
Center for Sight, P.A.AikenOphthalmology(803) 642-1000April 2008
Dr. Gary Shepard, PCAikenOptometry(803) 643-3785May 2009
Dr. Kenneth R. Braun PAAikenOptometry(803) 648-8974April 2014
Enoch N Tsai, MD PA 111 Gregg AveAikenOphthalmology(803) 649-7991December 2010
Eye Care One
Registered as Csra Eye Partners
AikenOptometry(803) 641-4646July 2009
Eye Care One
Registered as S & H Eye Care, LLC
AikenOptometry(803) 641-4646July 2024
Eye Guys Carolina LLCAikenOptometry(706) 651-2020May 2018
Eye Guys- Aiken
Registered as Eye Physicians and Surgeons of Augusta, PC
AikenOphthalmology(803) 642-9902August 2019
Michael D. Fulford, PAAikenOptometry(803) 649-9561May 2012
Physician's Eye Center
Registered as S & H Eye Care, LLC
AikenOptometry(803) 642-4339October 2012
Physician's Eye Center
Registered as Aiken Eye Care One, LLC
AikenOptometry(803) 642-4339March 2011
Specs Vision Center of Aiken, IncAikenOptometry(803) 642-9902August 2020
Family Eyecare Center
Registered as Jeffrey R Geer OD PC
Beech IslandOptometry(803) 593-4508November 2007
Family Eyecare Center
Registered as Jeffrey R Geer OD PC
EdgefieldOptometry(803) 637-3141November 2007
John W.L. Smith OD PANorth AugustaOptometry(803) 279-5277August 2020
None
Registered as Wu Family Eye Care, LLC
North AugustaOptometry(803) 279-0188October 2011
Carolina Cataract ClinicWagenerOphthalmology(803) 788-2276January 2008
Wagener Vision Clinic
Registered as Rufus B. Antley, OD
WagenerOptometry(803) 564-6728April 2008

Phone numbers are the practice location numbers on the NPI record. They are self-reported, CMS does not verify them, and 16 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 South Carolina licensing boards.

Groups with more than one office here

Practice groupOffices in this metro
Eye Care One2
Family Eyecare Center2

Nearby metro areas

Augusta-Richmond County, GA (44)Greenwood, SC (11)Columbia, SC (103)Orangeburg, SC (10)Statesboro, GA (12)Sumter, SC (13)Augusta-Richmond County: Georgia side (44)All South Carolina 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