Darren J. Wright, O.D.
Optometrist · Auburn, NE
Darren J. Wright, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Auburn, Nebraska, and NPI 1467448795, issued on Sep 22, 2005. Check the license (Nebraska 1073, as entered in NPPES) with the Nebraska board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Darren J. Wright
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 1073 NE
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 922 Alden Dr, Auburn, NE 68305
- Phone
- (402) 274-3218
- Enumerated
- Sep 22, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 7, 2023
- Fax
- (402) 274-4538
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100817000136); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Illinois College Of Optometry At Chicago, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 922 Alden Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- John Crotty, O.D.Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist1104810795
- Russell Crotty, O.D.Optometrist1558703223
Verify Darren J. Wright in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Nebraska board licenses this profession
Search for license 1073Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
78% more Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
493 Medicare Part D claims for 131 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 46% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost185 claims
- Timolol Maleate48 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol36 claims
- Lumigan35 claims
- Tobramycin-Dexamethasone33 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate20 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $225.66
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lkc Technologies, 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
- Drs Crotty And Crotty PCAuburn, NE
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Darren J. Wright among 452 optometrist records in Nebraska
Darren J. Wright, O.D. is one of 452 optometrist records with a practice address in Nebraska. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 84% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2007 among the 317 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 71% 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 Nebraska practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2 optometrist records list a practice address in Auburn
They are 2 of the 111 NPPES records with a practice address in Auburn, and 452 optometrist records in Nebraska.
All 452 in Nebraska → Every provider in Auburn → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Russell Crotty, O.D.Auburn, NE 683051558703223
- Kirsten Dorn, ODBeatrice, NE 683101215503560
- Steven Sandman, O.D.Beatrice, NE 683101316967516
- Gordon Stelting, O.D.Beatrice, NE 683101053331652
- Devin Trampe, ODBeatrice, NE 683101194553446
- Taylor Anson, ODCrete, NE 683331235975632
- Andrea Steele-Baumann, O.D.Hebron, NE 683701366604027
- James Quinn, ODNebraska City, NE 684101699775874
Common questions
What is Darren J. Wright, O.D.'s NPI number?
Darren J. Wright, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467448795, issued on Sep 22, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Darren J. Wright, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 922 Alden Dr, Auburn, NE, 68305. Phone: (402) 274-3218. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Darren J. Wright, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Nebraska license number 1073, as entered by the provider. Search the Nebraska board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Darren J. Wright, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Darren J. Wright, O.D. had 493 Medicare Part D claims for 131 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Darren J. Wright, O.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.