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Ophthalmologists who accept Medicare in Chico, CA
CMS lists 13 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Chico. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 13. Offer telehealth: 0.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 95926 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $134, of which you pay about $33; a follow-up visit $73, of which you pay about $18 — 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.
John E. Stabel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.8/100Graduated 1992 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Chico: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $130Joel I. Barthelow, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.4/100Graduated 2002 · University of California, Davis School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $7,442David J. Gajda, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.4/100Graduated 1988MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $198Terrence S. Spencer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.4/100Graduated 2000 · University of Utah School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $576Pablo M. Arregui, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.3/100Graduated 1988 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Chico: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,629Benjamin Gilbert
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.3/100Graduated 1989 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Chico: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,213Heidi E. Houlihan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.3/100Graduated 2000 · Temple University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Chico: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,426Sean Liston, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.3/100Graduated 2004 · University of Arizona College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Chico: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,262Kristiane Ransbarger, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.3/100Graduated 2007 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Chico: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $76David J. Woods, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.7/100Graduated 2002 · University of Washington School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $460Robert B. Reeve, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 85.6/100Graduated 1981 · University of Utah School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $49Jordan P. Hastings, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $241Mark A. McAllister, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $801
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).