Helen Cheng, OD
Optometry · San Jose
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 8
- 3 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location
Plans that list them
8 plans · 3 carriers
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Cheng’s office at (408) 366-1681 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
8 of 8 plans
| Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Prime (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross Partnership Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Central Health Classic Care Plan III (HMO) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Central Health Dual Access Plan (HMO D-SNP) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Central Health Embrace Care Plan (HMO C-SNP) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed, may be out of date | Sep 15, 2025 |
| Central Health Embrace Choice Plan (HMO C-SNP) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Central Health Valor Care Plan (HMO) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence C13909 · Deceased
Licence status: Deceased · since 1952 · Tulane University School of Medicine.
Licensee is deceased.
Matched on the licence number without its letter prefix; check the name before relying on it.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$6,331
Medicare paid this office $6,331 for 37 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 19 | $2,401 | $126 |
| New patient complete exam of visual system | 15 | $2,049 | $137 |
| Photography of the retina | 22 | $782 | $36 |
Who their Medicare patients are
37 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Women 60% · Health risk score 0.72. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical optometry clinician is at 0.97.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 49%.
The office billed $10,984, Medicare allowed $8,198 and paid $6,331; for 70 services of 11 kinds.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Year by year
| 2024 | 37 | 70 | 72 | 0.72 | $10,984 | $6,331 |
| 2023 | 30 | 51 | 72 | 0.60 | $7,129 | $4,281 |
| 2022 | 26 | 42 | 73 | 0.66 | $6,076 | $3,556 |
| 2021 | 18 | 31 | 74 | 0.54 | $4,249 | $2,173 |
| 2020 | 17 | 27 | 72 | 0.69 | $3,852 | $1,728 |
| 2019 | 16 | 22 | 71 | 0.91 | $3,023 | $1,442 |
| 2018 | 16 | 27 | 75 | 0.84 | $3,831 | $1,744 |
| 2017 | 13 | 25 | 71 | 1.05 | $3,199 | $1,341 |
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2023: 3 services
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 16 | $1,879 | $117 |
| New patient complete exam of visual system | 12 | $1,552 | $129 |
| Photography of the retina | 19 | $710 | $36 |
2022: 3 services
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 12 | $1,508 | $126 |
| New patient complete exam of visual system | 12 | $1,351 | $113 |
| Photography of the retina | 14 | $486 | $35 |
2021: 1 service
| Photography of the retina | 11 | $332 | $30 |
Money from drug and device companies
$4,956 in 2025
| 2025 | 6 | 8 | None | $4,956 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | None | $167 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 | None | $191 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 | None | $97 |
| 2021 | 2 | 5 | None | $272 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 | None | $149 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Merck Sharp & Dohme | None | $4,460 | 1 payment
|
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care | None | $161 | 2 payments
|
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals | None | $146 | 1 payment
|
| Bausch & Lomb Americas | Miebo | $100 | 1 payment
|
| CooperVision | Paragon Crt | $58 | 1 payment
|
| Optos | Nfc-700 | $32 | 2 payments
|
See all 8 published payments
| Merck Sharp & Dohme | Travel · 2025-12-30 | None | $4,460 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals | Meals · 2025-05-20 | None | $146 |
| Optos | Entertainment · 2025-02-26 | Nfc-700 | $14 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care | Meals · 2025-02-25 | None | $138 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care | Meals · 2025-01-21 | None | $22 |
| CooperVision | Meals · 2025-01-17 | Paragon Crt | $58 |
| Optos | Entertainment · 2025-01-15 | Nfc-700 | $18 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas | Meals · 2025-01-10 | Miebo | $100 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020)
2024: $167
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care | None | $167 | 2 payments
|
2023: $191
| CooperVision | Misight Contact Lens | $191 | 3 payments
|
2022: $97
| CooperVision | Ortho-K Contact Lens | $79 | 3 payments
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| Alcon Vision | Acrysof Iq Vivity | $18 | 1 payment
|
2021: $272
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care | Acuvue | $222 | 4 payments
|
| CooperVision | Misight Contact Lens | $50 | 1 payment
|
2020: $149
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care | Acuvue | $130 | 4 payments
|
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | None Specified | $19 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1295967206
- Licence
- AZ 1708, CA 13909California C13909: Deceased
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 152W00000X (152W00000X)
- Mailing address
- 15288 Fruitvale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070
- NPI first listed
- 2009-08-10
- NPI last updated
- 2022-02-02
- NPI record certified
- 2022-02-02
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 4299 Rosewood Dr Unit 105, Pleasanton, CA, 94588