NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Sara Choi, OD

Optometrist · Seal Beach, CA

Sara Choi, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Seal Beach, California, and NPI 1942795117, issued on Jun 28, 2018. Check the license (California 33990TLG, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1942795117
Name
Sara Choi
Credential
OD
Primary taxonomy
Optometrist 152W00000X
License numbers
33990TLG CA
OD-906 HI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1103 Pacific Coast Hwy, Seal Beach, CA 90740
Phone
(562) 666-9800
Enumerated
Jun 28, 2018
Record last updated
Dec 4, 2024
Fax
(562) 330-3900
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
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Industry payments in 2024: $1,417.26

24 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. The 34,453 providers of this specialty with any payment received $769.99 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Sara Choi$1,417.26
  2. Specialty average$769.99

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Sara Choi among 8,308 optometrist records in California

Sara Choi, OD is one of 8,308 optometrist records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 79% of them.

  • NPI issued2018 · 79% of these records are older, 19% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 43% of these records are
  • Record last updated2024 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 152W00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

7 optometrist records list a practice address in Seal Beach

They are 7 of the 394 NPPES records with a practice address in Seal Beach, and 8,308 optometrist records in California.

The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Michael Fanarof, O.D.Seal Beach, CA 907401487872008
  2. Edward Gass, ODSeal Beach, CA 907401568787224
  3. William Hill, O.D.Seal Beach, CA 907401568539146
  4. Misty Mello, ODSeal Beach, CA 907401477391605
  5. Scott Nelsen, O.D.Seal Beach, CA 907401841367323
  6. Jill Smittle, ODSeal Beach, CA 907401053472407
  7. Emilie Endow, ODWilmington, CA 907441427610443
  8. Tariq Khraishi, O.D.Wilmington, CA 907441205878634

Common questions

What is Sara Choi, OD's NPI number?

Sara Choi, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1942795117, issued on Jun 28, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Sara Choi, OD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1103 Pacific Coast Hwy, Seal Beach, CA, 90740. Phone: (562) 666-9800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Sara Choi, OD's license?

NPPES lists California license number 33990TLG, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.