Chahal Medical Group Inc., Bakersfield: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1649064429
- Legal business name
- Chahal Medical Group Inc.
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (207WX0200X)
- Other registered specialties
- Ophthalmology
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 9900 Stockdale Hwy Ste 204
Bakersfield, CA 93311-3634 - Phone on the record
- (661) 215-6100
- NPI issued
- April 7, 2025
- Record last updated by the practice
- June 2, 2025
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Bakersfield-Delano, CA
- County
- Kern County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
Beyond the primary code the record carries Ophthalmology, which is the registry's own signal that the practice covers more than routine work. The entry was refreshed in June 2025, putting it among the 15 of 66 Bakersfield-Delano records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Bakersfield holds 55 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 35 of them optometry and 20 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 93311. 52 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Acuity Eye Group in Bakersfield, 0.3 miles away.
None of this is a licensing check. CMS issues an NPI so a provider can be identified in billing transactions, and states plainly that issuance does not ensure or validate that the holder is licensed or credentialed. The California boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
56 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Bakersfield-Delano metro itself there are 66, 54 of them elsewhere in Bakersfield. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acuity Eye Group | Bakersfield | Ophthalmology | 0.3 mi | (661) 663-8500 |
| K K Optometric Eye Care | Bakersfield | Optometry | 0.8 mi | (661) 282-2836 |
| Carole A Casteen M.D., P.C. | Bakersfield | Ophthalmology | 0.9 mi | (661) 663-9090 |
| Triangle Eye Institute | Bakersfield | Ophthalmology | 1.0 mi | (661) 631-2020 |
| Li & Liao Optometry PC | Bakersfield | Optometry | 1.0 mi | (661) 213-3000 |
Distances are straight line between registered practice locations, not driving distance. Records placed at a ZIP centroid rather than a matched street address are excluded from this comparison.
What to expect to pay at an ophthalmology practice like this
The NPI registry holds no prices, so nothing here is a quote from Chahal Medical Group Inc.. Based on this site's own price research, an ophthalmology practice typically charges $150 to $300 or more for an exam without insurance, against a national average of about $136 and roughly $25 once a vision plan pays its share.
Ophthalmology visits are usually medical rather than routine, which changes who pays: medical insurance and Medicare Part B cover a medically necessary exam, while a routine refraction for glasses is normally not covered. Ask whether the visit will be billed as medical or routine before you book, and compare with the 46 optometry practices on the Bakersfield-Delano page if you only need a prescription.