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Pain management doctors who accept Medicare in Bakersfield, CA
CMS lists 13 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Bakersfield. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 11. Offer telehealth: 6.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 93301 (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.
Arturo E. Palencia, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.6/100Graduated 1992 · University of California, San Diego School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,475Shawn B. Hodge, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001 · University of Chicago, Pritzker School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15Lori Nelson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100Graduated 2004 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bakersfield: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $403David K. Wahba, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,787Richard J. Hartman, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,081Philip G. Khoury, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · William Carey University College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleOther offices in Bakersfield: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $617Leo P. Langlois, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993 · Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $350Ralph Mozingo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1991MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,972Gregory S. Mynko, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · Northeastern Ohio University College of MedicineMaleAlicja Ogorkiewicz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1981FemaleOther offices in Bakersfield: 1Thomas C. Yee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989MaleAshok M. Parmar, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 24.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1992MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $154Vinod N. Mungalpara, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 24/100Graduated 1986MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $57
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).