Margaret Kl Cheung MD, Honolulu: NPI Registry Record and Eye Exam Cost Context
What the registry record says
- NPI number
- 1760729420
- Legal business name
- Margaret K.L. Cheung, MD., Ph.d., Inc.
- Registered trading name
- Margaret Kl Cheung MD
- Primary registered specialty
- Ophthalmology (207W00000X)
- Non eye care codes on the record
- 1 additional taxonomy code outside optometry and ophthalmology
- Practice location
- 321 N Kuakini St Ste 303
Honolulu, HI 96817-2360 - Phone on the record
- (808) 521-3535
- NPI issued
- January 14, 2013
- Record last updated by the practice
- June 20, 2022
- Registry status
- NPI registry record, active as reported by CMS October 2026
- Metro area
- Urban Honolulu, HI
- County
- Honolulu County
- Location precision
- Street address matched by the US Census geocoder
Reading this record
The practice bills under the legal name Margaret K.L. Cheung, MD., Ph.d., Inc. and registered Margaret Kl Cheung MD 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 June 2022. That is neither fresh nor ancient by the standards of this metro, where 41 of 187 records were updated in 2024 or later and 114 predate 2020.
For local context: Honolulu holds 115 registered eye care practices in this snapshot, 72 of them optometry and 43 ophthalmology, in ZIP codes including 96817. 72 of them took an NPI before this practice did. The closest is Thomas H Maeda Jr M D Inc in Honolulu, 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 Hawaii boards hold the licensing record, and the practice itself is the only source for what it charges today.
Nearest registered practices
186 other registered eye care practices sit within 25 miles of this address, a radius that does not stop at the metro boundary. Inside the Urban Honolulu metro itself there are 187, 114 of them elsewhere in Honolulu. The closest 5 are below, measured straight line between registered addresses.
| Practice | City | Registered as | Distance | Phone on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas H Maeda Jr M D Inc | Honolulu | Ophthalmology | 0.0 mi | (808) 528-2828 |
| Hawaii Vision Associates | Honolulu | Optometry | 0.1 mi | (808) 225-7622 |
| Calvin Alonzo OD, Inc | Honolulu | Optometry | 0.1 mi | (808) 847-7222 |
| Robb T. Shibayama, O.D., Inc | Honolulu | Optometry | 0.1 mi | (808) 456-3937 |
| Hawaii Vision Institute LLC | Honolulu | Ophthalmology | 0.5 mi | (808) 356-3820 |
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 Margaret Kl Cheung MD, 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 Margaret Kl Cheung MD 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 128 optometry practices on the Urban Honolulu page if you only need a prescription.