Modern Eyes Optometry, Monterey: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1912660820
- Legal business name
- Maureen Hong, O.D., Inc.
- Registered trading name
- Modern Eyes Optometry
- Primary registered specialty
- Optometrist (152W00000X)
- Practice location
- 550 Camino El Estero Ste 205
Monterey, CA 93940-3231 - Phone on the record
- (831) 641-7848
- NPI issued
- October 18, 2021
- Record last updated by the practice
- April 18, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS August 2026
- Metro area
- Salinas, CA
- County
- Monterey County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Maureen Hong, O.D., Inc. and registered Modern Eyes Optometry as its trading name, so an insurance statement may show a name that does not match the sign on the door. The entry was last refreshed in April 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 4 of 38 records were updated in 2024 or later and 28 predate 2020.
For local context: Monterey holds 15 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 5 of them optometry and 10 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 93940. 12 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Boksoonga, LLC in Monterey, 0.0 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.
Also registered at this address
1 other organization holds an NPI at the same street address. Shared suites and multi-specialty buildings are common, and it is worth knowing which entity you are actually booking with.
| Organization | Registered as | Record updated |
|---|---|---|
| Boksoonga, LLC | Optometry | April 2023 |
Nearest registered practices
46 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Salinas metro itself there are 38, 14 of them elsewhere in Monterey. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boksoonga, LLC | Monterey | Optometry | 0.0 mi | (831) 601-3353 |
| Peninsula Optometric Centers Inc | Monterey | Optometry | 0.4 mi | (831) 641-7252 |
| Friedman Eye Center | Monterey | Ophthalmology | 0.4 mi | (831) 375-2486 |
| Eric J. del Piero, M.D., A Medical Corporation | Monterey | Ophthalmology | 0.5 mi | (831) 375-5066 |
| Eyemd on Cass A Professional Corporation | Monterey | Optometry | 0.5 mi | (831) 373-0183 |
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 optometry practice like this
The NPI registry holds no prices, so nothing here is a quote from Modern Eyes Optometry. Based on this site's own price research, an independent optometry practice typically charges $120 to $200 for an exam without insurance, against a national average of about $136 and roughly $25 once a vision plan pays its share.
Ask two things when you call: whether the quoted fee includes the refraction, and what a contact lens fitting adds if you wear lenses, since that takes a visit to $150 to $370. A comprehensive exam is $100 to $250. If price is the deciding factor, the 38 practices on the Salinas page give you the full local field to call around.