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Eye care center in Bozeman, MT
5.0 · 847 reviewsOpens today at 8 AMOpens today at 8 AM
Vance Thompson Vision – Bozeman, houses a world-class team to provide laser vision correction and advanced eye surgeries for adults. Vance Thompson Vision – Bozeman is led by board-certified ophthalmologist surgeon, Dr. Russell Swan, and staffed with highly respected and talented team. Dr. Swan sees patients for LASIK, cataracts removal, cornea transplants, and glaucoma treatments.
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What Vance Thompson offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
Vance Thompson lists 7 services on its website. Here's each one, with how many reviews mention each.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
Barnes & Noble, a book store, is a 1 minute walk. Gallatin Crossing, a shopping mall, is a 2 minute walk. Bob's Pizza Plus, a pizza restaurant, is a 2 minute walk. El Rodeó, a mexican restaurant, is a 2 minute walk. El Rincon del Marisco, a restaurant, is a 2 minute walk. Famous Wok, a chinese restaurant, is a 2 minute walk. Babcock Meadows Linear Parks - West Side Trail | City of Bozeman, a park, is a 3 minute walk. Mr Burritos Mexican Food (Main), a mexican restaurant, is a 3 minute walk. The Bay Bar & Grille, a restaurant, is a 3 minute walk. Taco Bell, a fast food restaurant, is a 3 minute walk. Babcock Meadows, a park, is a 4 minute walk.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Sep 18, 2026.
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
What reviews, press and directories say about Vance Thompson.
5.0from 847 reviews on Google
Vance Thompson Vision is noted for its skilled surgeons and supportive staff, but some patients report concerns about appointment management and billing practices. Patients describe a reassuring and professional atmosphere at Vance Thompson Vision, particularly appreciating the thorough explanations provided by Dr. Travis Witt and Dr. Swan during cataract surgeries. Many felt supported throughout their procedures, with staff being attentive and kind, although some expressed frustration with appointment delays and billing issues.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
Signal and how much it countsVance Thompson
Every business is scored the same way, and nobody can pay for a better score.
Vance Thompson, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Vance Thompson, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Vance Thompson. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Eye care centers in Bozeman, MT · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 31, 2026.
Published July 16, 2026 · Updated October 31, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Vance Thompson Vision is an eye care center in Bozeman, MT. Its AI Score is 32 of 100, which is poor.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Eye care center |
| Address | 2825 W Main St #2-C, Bozeman, MT 59718, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 12 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (406) 219-0700 |
| Rating | 5.0 across 847 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 31, 2026 |
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 2825 W Main St #2-C, Bozeman, MT 59718, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Vance Thompson Vision to Bozeman, houses a world-class team to provide laser vision correction and advanced eye surgeries for adults. Vance Thompson Vision to Bozeman is led by board-certified ophthalmologist surgeon, Dr. Russell Swan, and staffed with highly respected and talented team. Dr. Swan sees patients for LASIK, cataracts removal, cornea transplants, and glaucoma treatments. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Fri 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Vance Thompson Vision to Bozeman | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (406) 219-0700 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Cataract | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cornea | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Eyelid | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Glaucoma | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Lasik | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Refractive lens exchange | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Vision research | From their website | Business website |
| Team | Dr. Russell Swan | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | |
| Links | https://facebook.com/vancethompsonvision | AI guess | Our record | |
| Links | https://instagram.com/vancethompsonvision | AI guess | Our record | |
| Links | Website | https://bozeman.vancethompsonvision.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
These are the 7 services Vance Thompson offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.
| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cataract | From their website | |||
| Cornea | From their website | |||
| Eyelid | From their website | |||
| Glaucoma | From their website | |||
| LASIK | From their website | |||
| Refractive lens exchange | From their website | |||
| Vision research | From their website |
1 person is named on this page.
| Field | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|
Address: 2825 W Main St #2-C, Bozeman, MT 59718, USA. Phone: (406) 219-0700. Hours: Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 12 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "Vance Thompson Vision – Bozeman, houses a world-class team to provide laser vision correction and advanced eye surgeries for adults. Vance Thompson Vision – Bozeman is led by board-certified ophthalmologist surgeon, Dr. Russell Swan, and staffed with highly respected and talented team. Dr. Swan sees patients for LASIK, cataracts removal, cornea transplants, and glaucoma treatments."
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Barnes & Noble | Book store | 1 min walk |
| Gallatin Crossing | Shopping mall | 2 min walk |
| Bob's Pizza Plus | Pizza restaurant | 2 min walk |
| El Rodeó | Mexican restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Gallatin Valley Mall (Food Court) | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| El Rincon del Marisco | Restaurant | 2 min walk |
5.0 average across 847 reviews: Google 847. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)
Vance Thompson Vision is noted for its skilled surgeons and supportive staff, but some patients report concerns about appointment management and billing practices. (AI guess, from 847 reviews.)
We ask Perplexity, Gemini and ChatGPT about Vance Thompson. These are the answers that don’t match this page.
Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 2026. ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026.
| Fact | What AI says | What this page says |
|---|---|---|
| Address | Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 2026: 1940 W Dickerson St | 2825 W Main St #2-C, Bozeman, MT 59718, USA |
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Bozeman eye care centers run 22 to 64. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Vance Thompson scores 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Vance Thompson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 42 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 33 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 92 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 38 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Poor |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 61 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 61 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |
Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
How AI decides what to say about an eye care center: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-eye-surgery. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-eye-surgery
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| Dr. Russell Swan | Person | #team-russell-swan | ||
| Bozeman, Montana | City | #city | City Vance Thompson is in | |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Bozeman, linked to the lists and towns around it.
This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.
Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.
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# Vance Thompson Vision, Bozeman MT: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/mt/bozeman/vance-thompson-vision-bozeman-mt. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-31. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/mt/bozeman/vance-thompson-vision-bozeman-mt ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Vance Thompson Vision is an eye care center in Bozeman, MT. Its AI Score is 32 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Eye care center | | Address | 2825 W Main St #2-C, Bozeman, MT 59718, USA | | Hours | Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 12 PM · Closed Sat to Sun | | Phone | (406) 219-0700 | | Rating | 5.0 across 847 reviews on Google | | Updated | October 31, 2026 | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 2825 W Main St #2-C, Bozeman, MT 59718, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Vance Thompson Vision to Bozeman, houses a world-class team to provide laser vision correction and advanced eye surgeries for adults. Vance Thompson Vision to Bozeman is led by board-certified ophthalmologist surgeon, Dr. Russell Swan, and staffed with highly respected and talented team. Dr. Swan sees patients for LASIK, cataracts removal, cornea transplants, and glaucoma treatments. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Fri 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Vance Thompson Vision to Bozeman | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (406) 219-0700 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Cataract | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Cornea | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Eyelid | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Glaucoma | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Lasik | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Refractive lens exchange | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Vision research | From their website | Business website | | Team | Dr. Russell Swan | | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/vancethompsonvision | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/vancethompsonvision | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Website | https://bozeman.vancethompsonvision.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices These are the 7 services Vance Thompson offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cataract | | | | From their website | | Cornea | | | | From their website | | Eyelid | | | | From their website | | Glaucoma | | | | From their website | | LASIK | | | | From their website | | Refractive lens exchange | | | | From their website | | Vision research | | | | From their website | ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team 1 person is named on this page. ### Dr. Russell Swan | Field | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | ## Visiting Vance Thompson Address: 2825 W Main St #2-C, Bozeman, MT 59718, USA. Phone: (406) 219-0700. Hours: Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 12 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Vance Thompson Vision – Bozeman, houses a world-class team to provide laser vision correction and advanced eye surgeries for adults. Vance Thompson Vision – Bozeman is led by board-certified ophthalmologist surgeon, Dr. Russell Swan, and staffed with highly respected and talented team. Dr. Swan sees patients for LASIK, cataracts removal, cornea transplants, and glaucoma treatments." ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Barnes & Noble | Book store | 1 min walk | | Gallatin Crossing | Shopping mall | 2 min walk | | Bob's Pizza Plus | Pizza restaurant | 2 min walk | | El Rodeó | Mexican restaurant | 2 min walk | | Gallatin Valley Mall (Food Court) | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | El Rincon del Marisco | Restaurant | 2 min walk | ## Reputation 5.0 average across 847 reviews: Google 847. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.) Vance Thompson Vision is noted for its skilled surgeons and supportive staff, but some patients report concerns about appointment management and billing practices. (AI guess, from 847 reviews.) ### What people like - Supportive staff throughout the process ### What people do not like - Appointment delays - Billing discrepancies - Mixed outcomes from procedures ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### best ophthalmologist in Bozeman ### who is actually holding the needle here? ### Are the hours on Google right for Vance Thompson in Bozeman? ### anything new from Vance Thompson lately? ### parking at Vance Thompson, where does everyone put the car? ### Why do people rate Vance Thompson? ### lunch near Main, what is good ### walk in here, or is it appointment only? ### anyone been on a Saturday, were they trading ### Ballpark for a visit to an eye doctor in Bozeman? ### what is actually on the menu here? ### is Medical Eye any better ### reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints? ### do I need to fill anything in beforehand ### can I ask for numbing at Vance Thompson without it being weird? ### Worth the hype at Vance Thompson? ### Any membership pricing at Vance Thompson? ## What AI gets wrong about Vance Thompson We ask Perplexity, Gemini and ChatGPT about Vance Thompson. These are the answers that don’t match this page. Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 2026. ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026. | Fact | What AI says | What this page says | | --- | --- | --- | | Address | Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 2026: 1940 W Dickerson St | 2825 W Main St #2-C, Bozeman, MT 59718, USA | ## The AI Score: 32 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Bozeman eye care centers run 22 to 64. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Vance Thompson scores 32. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Vance Thompson | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 42 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 33 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor | | Reviews & response | 12 | 92 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 38 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Poor | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 61 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 61 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about an eye care center: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-eye-surgery. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-eye-surgery ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Vance Thompson | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Vance Thompson Vision | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://bozeman.vancethompsonvision.com/ | Subject of this page | | Dr. Russell Swan | Person | #team-russell-swan | | | | Bozeman, Montana | City | #city | | City Vance Thompson is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Bozeman, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best eye care centers in Bozeman: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/mt/bozeman/eye-care-center - Best businesses in Bozeman: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/mt/bozeman ### Nearby - /kalispell: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/mt/kalispell - /missoula: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/mt/missoula ### Every list - Every leaderboard in Montana: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/mt ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJCfPhh8pFRVMRL-kcRM-24sU (accessed Jul 16, 2026) - [2] vancethompsonvision.com, https://www.vancethompsonvision.com/services/cataract (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [3] vancethompsonvision.com, https://www.vancethompsonvision.com/services/cornea (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [4] vancethompsonvision.com, https://www.vancethompsonvision.com/services/eyelid (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [5] vancethompsonvision.com, https://www.vancethompsonvision.com/services/glaucoma (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [6] vancethompsonvision.com, https://www.vancethompsonvision.com/services/lasik (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [7] vancethompsonvision.com, https://www.vancethompsonvision.com/services/refractive-lens-exchange (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [8] vancethompsonvision.com, https://www.vancethompsonvision.com/services/vision-research (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Eye care centers in Bozeman, MT · Editorial</p>
<h2>Vance Thompson Vision, Bozeman MT: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 31, 2026.</p>
<p>Published July 16, 2026 · Updated October 31, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
</header>
<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Vance Thompson Vision is an eye care center in Bozeman, MT. Its AI Score is 32 of 100, which is poor.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-key-facts">
<h3>Key facts</h3>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Type</td><td>Eye care center</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>2825 W Main St #2-C, Bozeman, MT 59718, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 12 PM · Closed Sat to Sun</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(406) 219-0700</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>5.0 across 847 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>October 31, 2026</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>2825 W Main St #2-C, Bozeman, MT 59718, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Vance Thompson Vision to Bozeman, houses a world-class team to provide laser vision correction and advanced eye surgeries for adults. Vance Thompson Vision to Bozeman is led by board-certified ophthalmologist surgeon, Dr. Russell Swan, and staffed with highly respected and talented team. Dr. Swan sees patients for LASIK, cataracts removal, cornea transplants, and glaucoma treatments.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Thu 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Fri 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Vance Thompson Vision to Bozeman</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(406) 219-0700</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>8:00 AM to 12:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Cataract</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Cornea</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Eyelid</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Glaucoma</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Lasik</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Refractive lens exchange</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Vision research</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Team</td><td>Dr. Russell Swan</td><td></td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Facebook</td><td>https://facebook.com/vancethompsonvision</td><td>AI guess</td><td>Our record</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Instagram</td><td>https://instagram.com/vancethompsonvision</td><td>AI guess</td><td>Our record</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>https://bozeman.vancethompsonvision.com/</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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</section>
<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<p>These are the 7 services Vance Thompson offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Service</th><th scope="col">Price</th><th scope="col">Price mark</th><th scope="col">Price evidence</th><th scope="col">Service mark</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Cataract</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cornea</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Eyelid</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Glaucoma</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>LASIK</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Refractive lens exchange</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Vision research</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h4>Known for</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
<p>1 person is named on this page.</p>
<h4>Dr. Russell Swan</h4>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Field</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
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</section>
<section id="ai-visiting-vance-thompson">
<h3>Visiting Vance Thompson</h3>
<p>Address: 2825 W Main St #2-C, Bozeman, MT 59718, USA. Phone: (406) 219-0700. Hours: Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 12 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Vance Thompson Vision – Bozeman, houses a world-class team to provide laser vision correction and advanced eye surgeries for adults. Vance Thompson Vision – Bozeman is led by board-certified ophthalmologist surgeon, Dr. Russell Swan, and staffed with highly respected and talented team. Dr. Swan sees patients for LASIK, cataracts removal, cornea transplants, and glaucoma treatments."</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Barnes & Noble</td><td>Book store</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gallatin Crossing</td><td>Shopping mall</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bob's Pizza Plus</td><td>Pizza restaurant</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>El Rodeó</td><td>Mexican restaurant</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gallatin Valley Mall (Food Court)</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>El Rincon del Marisco</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
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</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>5.0 average across 847 reviews: Google 847. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)</p>
<p>Vance Thompson Vision is noted for its skilled surgeons and supportive staff, but some patients report concerns about appointment management and billing practices. (AI guess, from 847 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
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<li>Supportive staff throughout the process</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Appointment delays</li>
<li>Billing discrepancies</li>
<li>Mixed outcomes from procedures</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>best ophthalmologist in Bozeman</h4>
<h4>who is actually holding the needle here?</h4>
<h4>Are the hours on Google right for Vance Thompson in Bozeman?</h4>
<h4>anything new from Vance Thompson lately?</h4>
<h4>parking at Vance Thompson, where does everyone put the car?</h4>
<h4>Why do people rate Vance Thompson?</h4>
<h4>lunch near Main, what is good</h4>
<h4>walk in here, or is it appointment only?</h4>
<h4>anyone been on a Saturday, were they trading</h4>
<h4>Ballpark for a visit to an eye doctor in Bozeman?</h4>
<h4>what is actually on the menu here?</h4>
<h4>is Medical Eye any better</h4>
<h4>reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?</h4>
<h4>do I need to fill anything in beforehand</h4>
<h4>can I ask for numbing at Vance Thompson without it being weird?</h4>
<h4>Worth the hype at Vance Thompson?</h4>
<h4>Any membership pricing at Vance Thompson?</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-what-ai-gets-wrong">
<h3>What AI gets wrong about Vance Thompson</h3>
<p>We ask Perplexity, Gemini and ChatGPT about Vance Thompson. These are the answers that don’t match this page.</p>
<p>Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 2026. ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">What AI says</th><th scope="col">What this page says</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 2026: 1940 W Dickerson St</td><td>2825 W Main St #2-C, Bozeman, MT 59718, USA</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 32 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Bozeman eye care centers run 22 to 64. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Vance Thompson scores 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">Vance Thompson</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>0</td><td>Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>42</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td>33</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>92</td><td>The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>38</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>61</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>61</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
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</table>
<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about an eye care center: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-eye-surgery. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-eye-surgery</p>
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<section id="ai-entity-map">
<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to Vance Thompson</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Vance Thompson Vision</td><td>MedicalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>https://bozeman.vancethompsonvision.com/</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dr. Russell Swan</td><td>Person</td><td>#team-russell-swan</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Bozeman, Montana</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Vance Thompson is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
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</table>
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<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Bozeman, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best eye care centers in Bozeman: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/mt/bozeman/eye-care-center</li>
<li>Best businesses in Bozeman: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/mt/bozeman</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/kalispell: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/mt/kalispell</li>
<li>/missoula: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/mt/missoula</li>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in Montana: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/mt</li>
</ul>
</section>
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<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJCfPhh8pFRVMRL-kcRM-24sU (accessed Jul 16, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] vancethompsonvision.com, https://www.vancethompsonvision.com/services/cataract (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[3] vancethompsonvision.com, https://www.vancethompsonvision.com/services/cornea (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[4] vancethompsonvision.com, https://www.vancethompsonvision.com/services/eyelid (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[5] vancethompsonvision.com, https://www.vancethompsonvision.com/services/glaucoma (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[6] vancethompsonvision.com, https://www.vancethompsonvision.com/services/lasik (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[7] vancethompsonvision.com, https://www.vancethompsonvision.com/services/refractive-lens-exchange (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[8] vancethompsonvision.com, https://www.vancethompsonvision.com/services/vision-research (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
</ul>
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