Karen Alston, PAC
Physician Assistant, Surgical
📍 1276 Kinoole St
Hilo, HI 96720Get directions
725 physician assistants in Hawaii accept Medicare assignment, which means they can bill CHAMPVA. Here is how to find one and what to ask before you book.
| Physician Assistants in Hawaii | 725 |
| Where Hawaii ranks nationally | 50th of 51 states |
| Share of all US physician assistants | 0.2% |
| All CHAMPVA-billable providers in Hawaii | 11,829 |
| Hawaii cities with verified local listings | 6 |
Counts come from the federal CMS Doctors and Clinicians registry, refreshed 2026-09-07. The VA publishes no CHAMPVA provider directory, so this is the closest thing to one.
Military Hawaii is home to Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, so practices in those communities see CHAMPVA families regularly and are often the easiest yes.
Real practice locations pulled from the federal NPPES registry, each with a street address and a local phone number. Always ask the billing office to confirm CHAMPVA before you book.
Physician Assistant, Surgical
📍 1276 Kinoole St
Hilo, HI 96720Get directions
Physician Assistant
📍 677 Ala Moana Blvd Spc 950
Honolulu, HI 96813Get directions
Physician Assistant
📍 6905 Harris Ave
Kailua, HI 96734Get directions
Results come from the federal NPPES registry with real practice addresses and local phone numbers. Add a city to narrow it down.
Each city page opens with the physician assistants filter already applied.
Among the seven clinician types we count by state, physician assistants is the 4th largest in Hawaii with 725 providers, behind internal medicine doctors (788) and family doctors (838), and ahead of psychologists (397). That matters when you are deciding how wide to cast your net: a larger pool usually means a shorter drive and a faster appointment.
The deepest benches in Hawaii are Kaneohe with 153 verified local providers, Pearl City with 152 verified local providers, Hilo with 146 verified local providers, and we list 3 more Hawaii cities. Start with the nearest one, then widen if nobody is taking new patients.
PA visits are covered outpatient care: $50 yearly deductible, then 25 percent of the allowable amount, capped at $3,000 per family per year. If the PA works inside a hospital-based clinic, the Medicare rule applies: hospitals and hospital-based providers that accept Medicare must also accept CHAMPVA.
The rules above are federal, so they read the same in Hawaii as anywhere else. Our physician assistants page has the full detail including anything that needs advance approval.
725 clinicians in Hawaii are listed in the federal CMS registry under physician assistants, and clinicians who accept Medicare assignment can bill CHAMPVA. That is the 50th largest pool of any state. Each practice still decides for itself, so confirm with the billing office before you book.
No. CHAMPVA does not require referrals anywhere in the country. A short list of services needs preauthorization instead, such as inpatient mental health care and organ transplants.
After a $50 per person yearly deductible you pay 25 percent of the CHAMPVA allowable amount, and your family's out-of-pocket costs for covered care stop at $3,000 a year. A provider who accepts CHAMPVA cannot bill you above the allowable.
More on CHAMPVA and physician assistants or every CHAMPVA provider in Hawaii.