Newport Retina, Newport Beach: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1417346412
- Legal business name
- Shahem Kawji, MD, Inc
- Registered trading name
- Newport Retina
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist (207WX0107X)
- Other registered specialties
- Ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 20311 SW Birch St, Ste 150
Newport Beach, CA 92660 - Phone on the record
- (714) 423-2568
- NPI issued
- January 13, 2015
- Record last updated by the practice
- May 14, 2026
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- County
- Orange County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Shahem Kawji, MD, Inc and registered Newport Retina as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. 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 May 2026, putting it among the 325 of 1,876 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim records updated in 2024 or later, so the contact details are more likely to be current than most of this metro.
For local context: Newport Beach holds 40 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 12 of them optometry and 28 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 92660. 23 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Eyeconic Medical in Newport Beach, 0.2 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
829 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro itself there are 1,876, 39 of them elsewhere in Newport Beach. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eyeconic Medical | Newport Beach | Cornea and external disease | 0.2 mi | (949) 270-6063 |
| Elda Aghaian MD Inc | Newport Beach | Ophthalmology | 0.2 mi | (949) 590-8808 |
| Dr. Mimia Wen Optometry PC | Costa Mesa | Optometry | 0.5 mi | (949) 439-8471 |
| Oc Optometry Group, Inc. | Newport Beach | Optometry | 0.6 mi | (562) 276-8080 |
| Thomas S. Tooma, M.D. A Professional Corporation | Newport Beach | Ophthalmology | 0.7 mi | (949) 854-7400 |
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 Newport Retina, and ophthalmology practices do not publish fee schedules. Customers report paying $150 to $300 or more at this kind of practice without insurance, which is a reported band rather than a published price. The nearest published figure is $95, the median starting fee across the 1,280 US retail optical stores that print one (30 September 2026), and Medicare pays $149.64 for a comprehensive new-patient exam (CPT 92004). Ask Newport Retina for its self-pay price.
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 1,249 optometry practices on the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim page if you only need a prescription.