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General surgeons who accept Medicare in Tuscaloosa, AL
CMS lists 16 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Tuscaloosa. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 16. Offer telehealth: 1.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 35406 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $82, of which you pay about $20; a follow-up visit $66, of which you pay about $17 — the 20% coinsurance after the yearly Part B deductible. Clinicians who don't accept assignment can charge up to 15% more; with a Medicare Advantage plan, your plan's copay applies instead.
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Order: clinicians who accept assignment first, then by MIPS score (highest first), then by last name.
Richard M. Tanner, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.3/100Graduated 2016 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $544Bradley D. Bilton, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.7/100Graduated 1994 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $109Donald C. Gross, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.7/100Graduated 1982 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,491Quinton D. Matthews, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.7/100Graduated 2006 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $183Joshua L. Argo
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004MaleOther offices in Tuscaloosa: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,105James M. Corder III, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · University of South Alabama College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Tuscaloosa: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $136Tyler J. Eads, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,728Howard J. Falgout, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleAndrew G. Harrell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $566Stefan Osborn, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $45William L. Pridgen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15James D. Roy
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Tuscaloosa: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,185John O. Waits, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1974 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Tuscaloosa: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $322Jerald P. Wallace, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $150Joseph C. Wallace, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $172Gavin R. Wilks
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $136
Before you book
This list comes from Medicare's enrollment records, not from reviews. Call the office to confirm the clinician is taking new Medicare patients. With Original Medicare, a clinician who accepts assignment can only charge you the Medicare deductible and coinsurance; one who doesn't may charge up to 15% more than the Medicare-approved amount. If you have a Medicare Advantage plan, check that the clinician is in the plan's network.
The MIPS final score (0–100) comes from Medicare's Merit-based Incentive Payment System for 2024. It combines quality measures, cost, improvement activities and use of certified health records, and it sets a payment adjustment. Clinicians who report as a group share the group's score. It is not a patient rating, and many clinicians have no published score.
Payments from drug and medical device companies come from CMS Open Payments (2025 general payments: meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and similar), summed for each clinician. Receiving payments is legal and common and does not mean a clinician did anything wrong.
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Enrollment, addresses and scores are as reported to CMS and can change. This is not a list of in-network providers for any Medicare Advantage plan, and it is not medical advice. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, Clinician MIPS Performance 2024 and Facility Affiliation Data (released Oct 2, 2026).