Edward H. Charles, MD
Surgery Physician · Glendale, AZ
Edward H. Charles, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Glendale, Arizona, and NPI 1821097973, issued on Jul 20, 2005. Check the license (Arizona 27117, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Edward H. Charles
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 27117 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5757 W Thunderbird RD, Glendale, AZ 85306
- Phone
- (602) 843-8317
- Enumerated
- Jul 20, 2005
- Record last updated
- Aug 5, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (602) 843-9091
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040601000205); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical University Of South Carolina College Of Medicine, 1994
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Edward H. Charles in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license 27117Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
46% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
214 Medicare Part D claims for 100 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 117 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen89 claims
- Hydromorphone Hcl14 claims
- Naloxone Hcl14 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 87.8 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $39.19
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Banner Physician Specialists Arizona LLCSun City, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Edward H. Charles among 760 surgery physician records in Arizona
Edward H. Charles, MD is one of 760 surgery physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 72% 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, 90% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 53% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2006 among the 401 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 45% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Arizona
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Common questions
What is Edward H. Charles, MD's NPI number?
Edward H. Charles, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821097973, issued on Jul 20, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Edward H. Charles, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5757 W Thunderbird RD, Glendale, AZ, 85306. Phone: (602) 843-8317. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Edward H. Charles, MD's license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 27117, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Edward H. Charles, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Edward H. Charles, MD had 214 Medicare Part D claims for 100 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Edward H. Charles, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 87.8 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.