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Rapid City - CMS NPI registry, August 2026

Eye Doctors in Rapid City, SD: 39 Registered Practices

39 eye care organizations on the South Dakota side of the Rapid City metropolitan statistical area area hold a current NPI in the August 2026 CMS file: 31 optometry practices (79 percent) and 8 ophthalmology practices. They spread across 3 cities, led by Rapid City (36), Sturgis (2) and Custer (1). The metro covers 3 counties including Custer County, Meade County and Pennington County. 3 records were refreshed by the practice in 2024 or later and 23 have not been updated since before 2020.

Booking here: 79 percent of Rapid City records are optometry practices, which is the side of the market that does routine exams at $120 to $200 without insurance. The 8 ophthalmology practices are physician offices and price accordingly, at $150 to $300 or more. Eccarius Eye Clinic Optical Shop run multiple offices in this metro, so one price check usually covers all of them.

Registered practices
39
3 with a profile page
Optometry
31
79% of this metro
Ophthalmology
8
4 register a subspecialty
Cities covered
3
3 counties
Address matched
100%
every record matched to a street address

What an eye exam costs around Rapid City

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.

Pearle Vision (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
Rapid City36288
Sturgis220
Custer110

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

Every registered practice in Rapid City

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
Premier Family Eye Care, PCCusterOptometry(605) 673-2716June 2010
Atlas PLLCRapid CityOptometry(605) 348-2323March 2022
Barnett Vision Healthcare, LLCRapid CityOptometry(605) 348-2323March 2019
Black Hills Regional Eye Institute, LLPRapid CityOphthalmology(605) 341-2000May 2021
Brad Moriarty OD PCRapid CityCorneal and contact lens management(605) 343-4164April 2012
Britton Eye Care PCRapid CityOptometry(605) 348-7045May 2015
Bruscher Optometric PC LLCRapid CityOptometry(605) 348-2323April 2026
Budget Optical
Registered as M. Scott Ellender, OD and Elizabeth A Ellender, OD, PC
Rapid CityOptometry(605) 348-7401February 2008
Clousing Eye Care LLCRapid CityOptometry(605) 348-2323December 2009
Colin E Brown PLLCRapid CityOphthalmology(605) 718-5123May 2022
Dr. Randall L. EdwardsRapid CityOphthalmology(605) 341-6000December 2009
Eccarius Eye Clinic Optical Shop
Registered as Eccarius Eye Clinic, PC
Rapid CityOphthalmology(605) 343-4953January 2015
Eccarius Eye Clinic, PCRapid CityOphthalmology(605) 343-4120August 2020
Eye Care Associates
Registered as Allmer Vision Center, PC
Rapid CityOptometry(605) 343-1200September 2010
Eye Care Associates
Registered as Dawn Wattenhofer
Rapid CityOptometry(605) 343-1200June 2008
Eye Works, Inc.Rapid CityOptometry(605) 718-7550January 2008
Holec and Young Eye Care, LLPRapid CityOptometry(605) 342-0777May 2026
Holloway Vision Care, LLCRapid CityOptometry(605) 348-2323November 2013
In Vision Optical and Eye Care
Registered as Becker & Sorensen, PC
Rapid CityOptometry(605) 399-3811January 2013
Infinity Eyecare, PCRapid CityOptometry(605) 342-0258September 2023
John B. Jarding OD, LLCRapid CityLow vision rehabilitation(605) 343-4703November 2007
Melanie Louise Hamiel, OD, PLLCRapid CityCorneal and contact lens management(605) 348-4778October 2023
Nebelsick Optometric PLLCRapid CityOptometry(605) 348-2323July 2024
Pearle Vision
Registered as Eternal Vision, P.C.
Pearle Vision
Rapid CityOptometry(605) 348-4778March 2016
Precision Eyecare PCRapid CityOptometry(605) 341-5644January 2008
Premier Eyecare P.C.Rapid CityOptometry(605) 399-3937March 2015
Rapid City Eye Care LLCRapid CityOptometry(605) 390-7624September 2011
Robert B Wilson PCRapid CityOptometry(605) 348-9369November 2017
Rushmore Crossing Vision Center, LLCRapid CityOptometry(605) 342-1213October 2015
Slingsby & Huot Eye Associates ProfRapid CityOphthalmology(605) 719-9499April 2022
Slingsby & Wright Eye Care LLCRapid CityOphthalmology(605) 719-9499December 2010
The Eyeglass Studio
Registered as Black Hills Optometry LLC
Rapid CityOptometry(605) 718-5888July 2011
Vision Source Rapid CityRapid CityOptometry(605) 343-4703October 2020
Vision Source Specialists, Prof. L.L.C.Rapid CityOptometry(605) 399-3937September 2014
Vision Therapy Center LLCRapid CityVision therapy(605) 342-0258September 2023
Vision West Eye Care PLLCRapid CityOptometry(605) 343-4703January 2021
Wright Regional Refractive Center LLCRapid CityOphthalmology(605) 719-9499August 2020
Northern Hills Eye Care
Registered as Northern Hills Eye Care, Prof. L.L.C.
SturgisOptometry(605) 347-2666May 2022
Renae E Welke OD LLCSturgisOptometry(605) 347-9117April 2022

Phone numbers are the practice location numbers on the NPI record. They are self-reported, CMS does not verify them, and 23 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 Dakota licensing boards.

Groups with more than one office here

Practice groupOffices in this metro
Eccarius Eye Clinic Optical Shop2

Nearby metro areas

Spearfish, SD (9)Gillette, WY (6)Pierre, SD (6)Scottsbluff, NE (10)Casper, WY (17)Sheridan, WY (7)All South Dakota 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