NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Katherine Facklis Kouvelis, MD

Surgery Physician · Aurora, IL

Katherine Facklis Kouvelis, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Aurora, Illinois, and NPI 1861493165, issued on Aug 9, 2005. Check the license (Illinois 036118061, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1861493165
Name
Katherine Facklis Kouvelis
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Surgery Physician 208600000X
License number
036118061 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1221 N Highland Ave, Aurora, IL 60506
Phone
(630) 859-8700
Enumerated
Aug 9, 2005
Record last updated
Apr 15, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20071106000355); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Rush Medical College Of Rush University, 1993
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1221 N Highland Ave

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Lawrence Alberti, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1720015431
  2. Rovena AliajNurse Practitioner1871333120
  3. Seth Alper, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1689993768
  4. Mahmoud Amarna, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1538321518
  5. Jeffrey Anderson, PTPhysical Therapist1578598512
  6. Deborah Andras, PTPhysical Therapist1336246743

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
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16% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024

124 Medicare Part D claims for 46 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 26 claims were for opioids.

  1. Katherine Kouvelis124
  2. Specialty average147

Most prescribed

  1. Gavilyte-G18 claims
  2. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen16 claims
  3. Imiquimod15 claims
  4. Ondansetron Odt11 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: $1,974.37

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was education; 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.

  1. Katherine Kouvelis$1,974.37
  2. Specialty average$3,513.80

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

  1. Advocate Health And Hospitals CorporationAurora, IL

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Katherine Facklis Kouvelis among 1,520 surgery physician records in Illinois

Katherine Facklis Kouvelis, MD is one of 1,520 surgery physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 66% 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, 92% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
  • Graduated1993 · median 2004 among the 650 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 49% 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 Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Surgery Physician providers in Illinois

There are 1,520 surgery physician records in Illinois.

The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Franklin Baumann, MDAurora, IL 605061417983107
  2. William O'Brien, MDAurora, IL 605061831101955
  3. Donald Prentiss, M.D.Aurora, IL 605061275617839
  4. Michael Sherrow, M.D.Aurora, IL 605061528221579
  5. Andrea Silver, M.D.Aurora, IL 605061861436453
  6. Nancy Whereatt, MDAurora, IL 605061003829169
  7. Allen Bloom, MDAurora, IL 605041851409387
  8. Paul Catedral, MDAurora, IL 605041194409409

Common questions

What is Katherine Facklis Kouvelis, MD's NPI number?

Katherine Facklis Kouvelis, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861493165, issued on Aug 9, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Katherine Facklis Kouvelis, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1221 N Highland Ave, Aurora, IL, 60506. Phone: (630) 859-8700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Katherine Facklis Kouvelis, MD's license?

NPPES lists Illinois license number 036118061, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Katherine Facklis Kouvelis, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Katherine Facklis Kouvelis, MD had 124 Medicare Part D claims for 46 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.