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Sumter - CMS NPI registry, October 2026

Eye Doctors in Sumter, SC: 13 Registered Practices

13 eye care organizations on the South Carolina side of the Sumter metropolitan statistical area area hold a current NPI in the October 2026 CMS file: 9 optometry practices (69 percent) and 4 ophthalmology practices. They spread across 2 cities, led by Sumter (12) and Shaw Afb (1). The metro covers Sumter County. 1 records were refreshed by the practice in 2024 or later and 11 have not been updated since before 2020.

Booking here: 69 percent of Sumter 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.

Registered practices
13
1 with a profile page
Optometry
9
69% of this metro
Ophthalmology
4
0 register a subspecialty
Cities covered
2
1 county
Address matched
100%
every record matched to a street address

What an eye exam costs around Sumter

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
Sumter1284
Shaw Afb110

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

Every registered practice in Sumter

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
Vista Optical in Select Military Exchanges
Registered as National Vision, Inc.
Shaw AfbOptometry(803) 666-2011February 2026
Advantage Eye Care
Registered as Carolina Cataract Clinic
SumterOphthalmology(803) 775-0203February 2008
Carolina Eye Care of SumterSumterOphthalmology(803) 775-1772July 2008
Caryn M West & Assoc PCSumterOptometry(803) 775-9314March 2008
Corley Vision Center
Registered as Landmark Leasing Inc
SumterOptometry(803) 773-4723March 2008
D.J. Miller O.D. and Associates
Registered as D.J. Miller O.D. and Associates, LLC
SumterOptometry(828) 208-2215January 2020
Doctors Eye Center, PASumterOptometry(803) 905-8063January 2009
Dr. Binder and Associates
Registered as Melissa L Binder LLC
SumterOptometry(803) 775-8950April 2012
H Rubin Vision Center
Registered as Manter Optometric, LLC
SumterOptometry(803) 775-7877November 2007
Pee Dee Eye Associates, PASumterOptometry(803) 775-1772September 2014
Scheele Eye Associates, PCSumterOptometry(803) 773-4313March 2008
Sumter Eye Center
Registered as Stokes Regional Eye Center
SumterOphthalmology(803) 905-8020January 2019
Tuomey Ophthalmology Services, LLCSumterOphthalmology(803) 905-8020March 2008

Phone numbers are the practice location numbers on the NPI record. They are self-reported, CMS does not verify them, and 11 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.

Nearby metro areas

Florence, SC (22)Orangeburg, SC (10)Columbia, SC (103)Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, SC (50)Murrells Inlet, SC (18)Laurinburg, NC (6)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 (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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