Simon Cho, O.D.
Optometrist · City Of Industry, CA
Simon Cho, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in City Of Industry, California, and NPI 1720311632, issued on Sep 9, 2009. Check the license (California 13790, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Simon Cho
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 13790 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 17150 Gale Ave, City Of Industry, CA 91745
- Phone
- (626) 854-1166
- Enumerated
- Sep 9, 2009
- Record last updated
- Dec 6, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20091201000639); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Illinois College Of Optometry At Chicago, 2009
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 17150 Gale Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Peter Chang, PHARM.D.Pharmacist1205128964
- Michael HangPharmacist1912321548
- Loan LamPharmacist1477054898
- Thanh Nguyen, RPHPharmacist1033528419
Verify Simon Cho in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 13790Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
56% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
122 Medicare Part D claims for 34 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost89 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $125.00
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Oyster Point Pharma, 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Southern California Permanente Medical GroupBellflower, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Simon Cho among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Simon Cho, O.D. 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 2009, is newer than 57% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 57% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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 City Of Industry
They are 7 of the 716 NPPES records with a practice address in City Of Industry, and 8,308 optometrist records in California.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Gwendolyn Chang, ODHacienda Heights, CA 917451861114183
- Gloria Estrada, O.DHacienda Hts, CA 917451992937197
- Josephine Huang, O.D.Hacienda Heights, CA 917451639519564
- Catharine Lee, O.D.Hacienda Heights, CA 917451932140522
- Jane Liang, O.D.Hacienda Heights, CA 917451083767164
- Alvin Lo, O.D.Hacienda Heights, CA 917451053473728
- Steven Nakayama, O.D.Hacienda Heights, CA 917451093994501
- Chun-Chieh Shih, O.D.Hacienda Heights, CA 917451881850808
Common questions
What is Simon Cho, O.D.'s NPI number?
Simon Cho, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720311632, issued on Sep 9, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Simon Cho, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 17150 Gale Ave, City Of Industry, CA, 91745. Phone: (626) 854-1166. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Simon Cho, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 13790, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Simon Cho, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Simon Cho, O.D. had 122 Medicare Part D claims for 34 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions 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.