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Eye care center in Omaha, NE
4.9 · 2,299 reviewsOpens Tuesday at 8 AMOpens Tuesday at 8 AM
With over 100 years of combined experience, Vance Thompson Vision is committed to using the most advanced technology and sets standards across the world. The team at Vance Thompson Vision takes pride in being world leaders in quality vision correction and setting global standards for excellent patient care. We specialize in many forms of vision surgery and treatment with a specific focus on LASIK, refractive cataract surgery, glaucoma, cornea care, and vision research. To be a doctor here, you must be truly exceptional, dedicated to research, advancing technology and a compassionate caregiver. We are proud of the doctors on our team, all handpicked because of their commitment to making eye care a positive experience for their patients.
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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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Friday, before noon.
Busiest Wednesday from 11 AM to 3 PM.
Taqueria El Chilaquil, a 5 minute walk for Mexican food. Scooter's Coffee, a 6 minute walk for coffee.
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.
Closed now. Busiest Wed, 11 AM to 3 PM.
What reviews, press and directories say about Vance Thompson.
4.9from 2,299 reviews on Google
Vance Thompson Vision is recognized for its knowledgeable doctors but faces criticism for long wait times and communication challenges. Patients at Vance Thompson Vision often describe a mix of thorough care and frustrating wait times. Many appreciate the detailed explanations provided by doctors like Dr. Goertz and Dr. Holthaus, while others express dissatisfaction with long waits and communication issues, indicating a need for better patient management.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
56 Omaha avg
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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 Omaha, NE · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 29, 2026.
Published July 16, 2026 · Updated October 29, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Vance Thompson Vision is an eye care center in Omaha, NE. Its AI Score is 27 of 100, which is poor.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Eye care center |
| Address | 4909 S 118th St, Omaha, NE 68137, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 12 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (402) 506-9970 |
| Rating | 4.9 across 2,299 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Friday |
| Updated | October 29, 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 | 4909 S 118th St, Omaha, NE 68137, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | With over 100 years of combined experience, Vance Thompson Vision is committed to using the most advanced technology and sets standards across the world. The team at Vance Thompson Vision takes pride in being world leaders in quality vision correction and setting global standards for excellent patient care. We specialize in many forms of vision surgery and treatment with a specific focus on LASIK, refractive cataract surgery, glaucoma, cornea care, and vision research. To be a doctor here, you must be truly exceptional, dedicated to research, advancing technology and a compassionate caregiver. We are proud of the doctors on our team, all handpicked because of their commitment to making eye care a positive experience for their patients. | 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 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (402) 506-9970 | 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 |
| Links | https://facebook.com/vancethompsonvision | AI guess | Our record | |
| Links | https://instagram.com/vancethompsonvision | AI guess | Our record | |
| Links | Website | https://omaha.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refractive lens exchange | From their website | |||
| Vision research | From their website | |||
| Eyelid | From their website | |||
| Cataract | From their website | |||
| Glaucoma | From their website | |||
| LASIK | From their website | |||
| Cornea | From their website |
Address: 4909 S 118th St, Omaha, NE 68137, USA. Phone: (402) 506-9970. 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: "With over 100 years of combined experience, Vance Thompson Vision is committed to using the most advanced technology and sets standards across the world. The team at Vance Thompson Vision takes pride in being world leaders in quality vision correction and setting global standards for excellent patient care. We specialize in many forms of vision surgery and treatment with a specific focus on LASIK, refractive cataract surgery, glaucoma, cornea care, and vision research. To be a doctor here, you must be truly exceptional, dedicated to research, advancing technology and a compassionate caregiver. We are proud of the doctors on our team, all handpicked because of their commitment to making eye care a positive experience for their patients."
Quietest day: Friday. Busiest day: Wednesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 118th & O St NE | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| 120th & Ohern NW | Bus stop | 4 min walk |
| 120th & Ohern SE | Bus stop | 4 min walk |
| 120th & M St SE | Bus stop | 4 min walk |
| 120th & Anne SW | Bus stop | 4 min walk |
| 120th & P St NW | Bus stop | 5 min walk |
4.9 average across 2,299 reviews: Google 2,299. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)
Vance Thompson Vision is recognized for its knowledgeable doctors but faces criticism for long wait times and communication challenges. (AI guess, from 2,299 reviews.)
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Omaha eye care centers run 27 to 69. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Vance Thompson scores 27, below the Omaha average of 56. 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 | 41 | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 94 | 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 | 49 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 57 | 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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| Omaha, Nebraska | 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 Omaha, linked to the lists and towns around it.
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Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.
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# Vance Thompson Vision, Omaha NE: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ne/omaha/vance-thompson-vision-omaha-ne. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-29. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ne/omaha/vance-thompson-vision-omaha-ne ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Vance Thompson Vision is an eye care center in Omaha, NE. Its AI Score is 27 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 | 4909 S 118th St, Omaha, NE 68137, USA | | Hours | Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 12 PM · Closed Sat to Sun | | Phone | (402) 506-9970 | | Rating | 4.9 across 2,299 reviews on Google | | Quietest time | Friday | | Updated | October 29, 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 | 4909 S 118th St, Omaha, NE 68137, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | With over 100 years of combined experience, Vance Thompson Vision is committed to using the most advanced technology and sets standards across the world. The team at Vance Thompson Vision takes pride in being world leaders in quality vision correction and setting global standards for excellent patient care. We specialize in many forms of vision surgery and treatment with a specific focus on LASIK, refractive cataract surgery, glaucoma, cornea care, and vision research. To be a doctor here, you must be truly exceptional, dedicated to research, advancing technology and a compassionate caregiver. We are proud of the doctors on our team, all handpicked because of their commitment to making eye care a positive experience for their patients. | 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 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (402) 506-9970 | 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 | | Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/vancethompsonvision | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/vancethompsonvision | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Website | https://omaha.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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Refractive lens exchange | | | | From their website | | Vision research | | | | From their website | | Eyelid | | | | From their website | | Cataract | | | | From their website | | Glaucoma | | | | From their website | | LASIK | | | | From their website | | Cornea | | | | From their website | ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting Vance Thompson Address: 4909 S 118th St, Omaha, NE 68137, USA. Phone: (402) 506-9970. 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: "With over 100 years of combined experience, Vance Thompson Vision is committed to using the most advanced technology and sets standards across the world. The team at Vance Thompson Vision takes pride in being world leaders in quality vision correction and setting global standards for excellent patient care. We specialize in many forms of vision surgery and treatment with a specific focus on LASIK, refractive cataract surgery, glaucoma, cornea care, and vision research. To be a doctor here, you must be truly exceptional, dedicated to research, advancing technology and a compassionate caregiver. We are proud of the doctors on our team, all handpicked because of their commitment to making eye care a positive experience for their patients." ### When to go Quietest day: Friday. Busiest day: Wednesday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | 118th & O St NE | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | 120th & Ohern NW | Bus stop | 4 min walk | | 120th & Ohern SE | Bus stop | 4 min walk | | 120th & M St SE | Bus stop | 4 min walk | | 120th & Anne SW | Bus stop | 4 min walk | | 120th & P St NW | Bus stop | 5 min walk | ## Reputation 4.9 average across 2,299 reviews: Google 2,299. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.) Vance Thompson Vision is recognized for its knowledgeable doctors but faces criticism for long wait times and communication challenges. (AI guess, from 2,299 reviews.) ### What people like - Efficient service from the staff ### What people do not like - Long wait times for appointments - Communication breakdowns with staff - High costs and unexpected fees ### 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 ### prices round here, anyone got a number ### parking at Vance Thompson, where does everyone put the car? ### opening hours at Vance Thompson in Omaha, what are they these days? ### trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet ### anything new from Vance Thompson lately? ### Any medical supervision on site? ### anyone been on a Saturday, were they trading ### numbing at Vance Thompson, do you have to ask for it? ### what does Vance Thompson actually get right? ### best ophthalmologist in Omaha ### Vance Thompson or Kugler? ### Booking here, how does it work? ### is there a way to spread the cost here ### does Vance Thompson ever have cancellations ### reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints? ### services here, what do people go in for? ### Why do people rate Vance Thompson? ## The AI Score: 27 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Omaha eye care centers run 27 to 69. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Vance Thompson scores 27, below the Omaha average of 56. 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 | 41 | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor | | Reviews & response | 12 | 94 | 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 | 49 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 57 | 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://omaha.vancethompsonvision.com/ | Subject of this page | | Omaha, Nebraska | 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 Omaha, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best eye care centers in Omaha: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ne/omaha/eye-care-center - Best businesses in Omaha: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ne/omaha ### Nearby - /elkhorn: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ne/elkhorn - /lincoln: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ne/lincoln - /columbus: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ne/columbus ### Every list - Every leaderboard in Nebraska: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ne ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJFd9SPJfzk4cRDYXt37IDI14 (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 Omaha, NE · Editorial</p>
<h2>Vance Thompson Vision, Omaha NE: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 29, 2026.</p>
<p>Published July 16, 2026 · Updated October 29, 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 Omaha, NE. Its AI Score is 27 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>4909 S 118th St, Omaha, NE 68137, 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>(402) 506-9970</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.9 across 2,299 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quietest time</td><td>Friday</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>October 29, 2026</td></tr>
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</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>4909 S 118th St, Omaha, NE 68137, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>With over 100 years of combined experience, Vance Thompson Vision is committed to using the most advanced technology and sets standards across the world. The team at Vance Thompson Vision takes pride in being world leaders in quality vision correction and setting global standards for excellent patient care. We specialize in many forms of vision surgery and treatment with a specific focus on LASIK, refractive cataract surgery, glaucoma, cornea care, and vision research. To be a doctor here, you must be truly exceptional, dedicated to research, advancing technology and a compassionate caregiver. We are proud of the doctors on our team, all handpicked because of their commitment to making eye care a positive experience for their patients.</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</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(402) 506-9970</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>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://omaha.vancethompsonvision.com/</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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<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>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>
<tr><td>Eyelid</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cataract</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>Cornea</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
</tbody>
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<h4>Known for</h4>
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<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
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<section id="ai-visiting-vance-thompson">
<h3>Visiting Vance Thompson</h3>
<p>Address: 4909 S 118th St, Omaha, NE 68137, USA. Phone: (402) 506-9970. 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: "With over 100 years of combined experience, Vance Thompson Vision is committed to using the most advanced technology and sets standards across the world. The team at Vance Thompson Vision takes pride in being world leaders in quality vision correction and setting global standards for excellent patient care. We specialize in many forms of vision surgery and treatment with a specific focus on LASIK, refractive cataract surgery, glaucoma, cornea care, and vision research. To be a doctor here, you must be truly exceptional, dedicated to research, advancing technology and a compassionate caregiver. We are proud of the doctors on our team, all handpicked because of their commitment to making eye care a positive experience for their patients."</p>
<h4>When to go</h4>
<p>Quietest day: Friday. Busiest day: Wednesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.</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>
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<tr><td>118th & O St NE</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>120th & Ohern NW</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>4 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>120th & Ohern SE</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>4 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>120th & M St SE</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>4 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>120th & Anne SW</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>4 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>120th & P St NW</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>5 min walk</td></tr>
</tbody>
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</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.9 average across 2,299 reviews: Google 2,299. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)</p>
<p>Vance Thompson Vision is recognized for its knowledgeable doctors but faces criticism for long wait times and communication challenges. (AI guess, from 2,299 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Efficient service from the staff</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Long wait times for appointments</li>
<li>Communication breakdowns with staff</li>
<li>High costs and unexpected fees</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>prices round here, anyone got a number</h4>
<h4>parking at Vance Thompson, where does everyone put the car?</h4>
<h4>opening hours at Vance Thompson in Omaha, what are they these days?</h4>
<h4>trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet</h4>
<h4>anything new from Vance Thompson lately?</h4>
<h4>Any medical supervision on site?</h4>
<h4>anyone been on a Saturday, were they trading</h4>
<h4>numbing at Vance Thompson, do you have to ask for it?</h4>
<h4>what does Vance Thompson actually get right?</h4>
<h4>best ophthalmologist in Omaha</h4>
<h4>Vance Thompson or Kugler?</h4>
<h4>Booking here, how does it work?</h4>
<h4>is there a way to spread the cost here</h4>
<h4>does Vance Thompson ever have cancellations</h4>
<h4>reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?</h4>
<h4>services here, what do people go in for?</h4>
<h4>Why do people rate Vance Thompson?</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 27 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Omaha eye care centers run 27 to 69. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Vance Thompson scores 27, below the Omaha average of 56. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
<table>
<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>41</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>0</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>94</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>49</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Fair</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>57</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>
</tbody>
</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://omaha.vancethompsonvision.com/</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Omaha, Nebraska</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>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-topical-map">
<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Omaha, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best eye care centers in Omaha: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ne/omaha/eye-care-center</li>
<li>Best businesses in Omaha: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ne/omaha</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/elkhorn: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ne/elkhorn</li>
<li>/lincoln: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ne/lincoln</li>
<li>/columbus: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ne/columbus</li>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in Nebraska: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ne</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="ai-references">
<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJFd9SPJfzk4cRDYXt37IDI14 (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>
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