Charles Donlea, OD
Optometrist · Buffalo Grove, IL
Charles Donlea, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, and NPI 1700950169, issued on Nov 20, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 046009194, as entered in NPPES) with the Illinois board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Charles Donlea
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 046009194 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1120 W Lake Cook RD Ste C, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
- Phone
- (847) 459-6060
- Enumerated
- Nov 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (847) 459-9797
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101206000182); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Illinois College Of Optometry At Chicago, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1120 W Lake Cook RD Ste C
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Charles Donlea in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Illinois board licenses this profession
Search for license 046009194Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average optometrist in 2024
990 Medicare Part D claims for 268 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 40% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost327 claims
- Timolol Maleate257 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate84 claims
- Azelastine Hcl43 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth41 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate26 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: $24.64
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Harrow Eye, LLC. 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
- Premier Eye Care And Surgery LtdBuffalo Grove, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Charles Donlea among 2,697 optometrist records in Illinois
Charles Donlea, OD is one of 2,697 optometrist records with a practice address in Illinois. 71% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 63% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2008 among the 1,513 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 68% 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 Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
15 optometrist records list a practice address in Buffalo Grove
They are 15 of the 868 NPPES records with a practice address in Buffalo Grove, and 2,697 optometrist records in Illinois.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Loretta Borawski, O.D.Buffalo Grove, IL 600891639239080
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- Shelly Kim, O.D.Buffalo Grove, IL 600891932497161
- Leon Kubicki, O.D.Buffalo Grove, IL 600891043381882
- Dolores Lootens, ODBuffalo Grove, IL 600891053037820
- Caitlyn McHugh Glab, O.D.Buffalo Grove, IL 600891730539610
- Keith Mihaly, ODBuffalo Grove, IL 600891154384709
- Peter Nelson, O.DBuffalo Grove, IL 600891053435669
Common questions
What is Charles Donlea, OD's NPI number?
Charles Donlea, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700950169, issued on Nov 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Charles Donlea, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1120 W Lake Cook RD Ste C, Buffalo Grove, IL, 60089. Phone: (847) 459-6060. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Charles Donlea, OD's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 046009194, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Charles Donlea, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Charles Donlea, OD had 990 Medicare Part D claims for 268 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.