NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Marites Melchor Salazar, O.D.

Optometrist · Marysville, CA

Marites Melchor Salazar, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Marysville, California, and NPI 1750699476, issued on Sep 15, 2010. Check the license (California 14046, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; 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
1750699476
Name
Marites Melchor Salazar
Credential
O.D.
Primary taxonomy
Optometrist 152W00000X
License number
14046 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1131 N Beale RD, Marysville, CA 95901
Phone
(530) 743-8792
Enumerated
Sep 15, 2010
Record last updated
Mar 13, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20110916000126); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Pennsylvania College Of Optometry, 2010
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 1131 N Beale RD

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

  1. Jeffrey FernandezPharmacist1073921482
  2. Hang LePharmacist1770455347
  3. Amarprit Nijjar, PHARM.D.Pharmacist1689957847

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  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
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  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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82% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024

50 Medicare Part D claims for 22 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 54% of claims.

  1. Marites Salazar50
  2. Specialty average277

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: $66.44

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bausch & Lomb Americas 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.

  1. Marites Salazar$66.44
  2. Specialty average$769.99

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. Avani Patel Optometric CorporationFair Oaks, CA

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

Marites Melchor Salazar among 8,308 optometrist records in California

Marites Melchor Salazar, O.D. is one of 8,308 optometrist records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 59% of them.

  • NPI issued2010 · 59% of these records are older, 39% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
  • Graduated2010 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2012 · 67% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Optometrist providers in California

There are 8,308 optometrist records in California.

The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Mark Byers, O.D.Marysville, CA 959011164551966
  2. Dennis Fellner, O.DMarysville, CA 959011740282086
  3. Charles RichardsMarysville, CA 959011275543712
  4. Baljit Sohal, O.DMarysville, CA 959011134470636
  5. Kaitlin Soracco, O.D.Marysville, CA 959011881148179
  6. Prince Denson, ODBeale Afb, CA 959031891582334
  7. Michael Osterhoudt, O.D.Beale Afb, CA 959031821017351
  8. Wanda Parham, O.D.Beale Afb, CA 959031285931527

Common questions

What is Marites Melchor Salazar, O.D.'s NPI number?

Marites Melchor Salazar, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1750699476, issued on Sep 15, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Marites Melchor Salazar, O.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1131 N Beale RD, Marysville, CA, 95901. Phone: (530) 743-8792. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Marites Melchor Salazar, O.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number 14046, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Marites Melchor Salazar, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Marites Melchor Salazar, O.D. had 50 Medicare Part D claims for 22 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.