Dr. Charles Frederick Opalak, MD

Dr. Opalak practices at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina, part of Prisma Health.

Dr. Opalak's NPI, 1821484882, was assigned on April 7, 2015. Dr. Opalak holds South Carolina license 87499.

Dr. Opalak's primary practice is Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital, at 701 Grove Road, Greenville, SC 29605 in Greenville County. The practice phone is (864) 455-7000.

Dr. Opalak's primary practice is Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina, part of Prisma Health. Dr. Opalak is also affiliated with Prisma Health Patewood Hospital. The medical group on file is Prisma Health Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Opalak to 3 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Opalak practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurological surgery is Dr. Opalak's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dr. Opalak is licensed in South Carolina.

CMS data shows 452 Medicare services from Dr. Opalak across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 237 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $51,483 for them.

CMS counts 237 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Opalak in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 100 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.25, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Opalak's median patient age at 63, with 56% women.

In 2024, Dr. Opalak wrote 305 Medicare Part D claims for 61 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 250 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,897 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 100 claims across 5 drugs.

Dr. Opalak accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Opalak as offering telehealth. CMS counts 44 procedures of laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) by Dr. Opalak, more than 73% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 22 papers to Dr. Opalak, published from 2015 to 2024. 2024 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Meningeal Neoplasms and Meningioma. Dr. Opalak has published most often in Cureus. Dr. Opalak's most frequent co-authors are William C. Broaddus, MD, PhD, Rafael A. Vega, MD, PhD and Timothy J. Harris, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 25 general payments to Dr. Opalak from 9 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 49% of the total. Globus Medical, Inc. paid the most, $1,011.