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General surgeons who accept Medicare in Downey, CA
CMS lists 24 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Downey. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 24. Offer telehealth: 2.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 90242 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $96, of which you pay about $24; a follow-up visit $78, of which you pay about $19 — 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.
Robert C. Deere, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 1980 · University of California, Irvine, California College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $180Mark S. Minkes, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 1973MaleNicholas Saguan
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2008 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $5,400James M. Tatum, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.6/100Graduated 2010 · University of Washington School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,542Dean Ahn, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Downey: 2Stephanie A. Angarita, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · University of Michigan Medical SchoolFemaleOther offices in Downey: 2Michael B. Brewer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · University of California, Irvine, California College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Downey: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $922Fredrick M. Che, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · University of California, Irvine, California College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Downey: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,044Benjamin Chen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · New York Medical CollegeMaleOther offices in Downey: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,643Arnold Fishman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1975 · University of California, Irvine, California College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Downey: 2Shawn S. Fu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,534Lisa M. Heindl, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991 · Baylor College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Downey: 2Christina Kopatz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · University of California, Irvine, California College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Downey: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,085Bernadette U. Laxa, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · University of California, Davis School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Downey: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $6,876Stephen P. Lee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Downey: 2Erwin S. Ong, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · University of California, Irvine, California College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Downey: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $274Dimitrios C. Pappademos, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020MaleOther offices in Downey: 2Brent A. Safran, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012MaleOther offices in Downey: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $626Yvette V. Speight, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991 · State University of New York Downstate Medical CenterFemaleCraig J. Stimpson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineMaleBradford I. Tropea, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Downey: 2Eugene Wang
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013MaleSusana Wu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Medical College of WisconsinFemaleOther offices in Downey: 2Jay Yew, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998 · State University of NY Upstate Medical UniversityMaleOther offices in Downey: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $288
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).