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Orthopedic surgeons who accept Medicare in Murrieta, CA
CMS lists 11 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Murrieta. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 11. Offer telehealth: 2.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 92562 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $92, of which you pay about $23; a follow-up visit $74, 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.
John S. Locke, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1986MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $114Mark Schultzel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009 · University of California, San Diego School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $47,022Hector O. Pacheco, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 22.1/100Graduated 1991 · University of California, San Diego School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,684Rolf R. Drinhaus, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 19.7/100Graduated 1984 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Murrieta: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $91Igor A. Jercinovich, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 17.8/100Graduated 1984 · Medical College of WisconsinMaleMatthew S. Gargulinski, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 15.3/100Graduated 2002 · At Still University of Health Sciences, College of Osteo Med, KirksvilleMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,036Christopher Alexander, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988 · Chicago College of Medicine and SurgeryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21Patrick F. Curran, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · University of California, Davis School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $31Andrew S. Erwteman, PT
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · New York Medical CollegeMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $209Michael M. Murphy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleKamshad Raiszadeh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1990 · University of California, San Francisco School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21
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).