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Gastroenterologists who accept Medicare in Bakersfield, CA
CMS lists 14 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Bakersfield. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 14. Offer telehealth: 6.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 93309 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $135, of which you pay about $34; a follow-up visit $104, of which you pay about $26 — 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.
Ramesh C. Gupta, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1976MaleParamvir S. Rahal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1987MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $614Nandakumar Ravi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1987MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $139Damian R. Pestana, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.8/100Graduated 1973 · Stanford University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bakersfield: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $233Ishaan S. Kalha, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996MaleOther offices in Bakersfield: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $183Rajeev Krishan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 62.9/100Graduated 1980MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $326Rajeev R. Manu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 25.5/100Graduated 1972MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $281Robin A. Matuk, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 23.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $839Tabassum A. Chowdhury, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 23/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1989FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,271Harpal Bhaika, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 22.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1974MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $833Neil S. Bhogal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $5,164Harman K. Rahal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · University of California, Irvine, California College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,050Tarun Rustagi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007MaleOther offices in Bakersfield: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $182Shelly Singh, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleOther offices in Bakersfield: 1
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).