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Pain management doctors who accept Medicare in San Diego, CA
CMS lists 25 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in San Diego. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 25. Offer telehealth: 17.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 92103 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $140, of which you pay about $35; a follow-up visit $108, of which you pay about $27 — 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.
Joel P. Castellanos, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $699Jeffrey L. Chen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006 · University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal)MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,227Paul A. Dejulio, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · West Virginia University School of MedicineMaleTimothy J. Furnish, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityMaleOther offices in San Diego: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,033Jessica Oswald, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · Medical College of WisconsinFemaleOther offices in San Diego: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $15,986Rajiv D. Reddy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · Toledo Medical CollegeMaleOther offices in San Diego: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,005Joel E. Mata, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002 · Stanford University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in San Diego: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $125Brandon A. Vannoord, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.5/100Graduated 2005 · University of Southern California Keck School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,384Henry A. Richardson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2007 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $40David K. Bui, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010MaleOther offices in San Diego: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $840Christopher Chisholm, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $391Zachary C. Cohen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $5,697Brandon O. Dairo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · Howard University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $633Michael T. Finnern Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $76Evan R. Goodman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · Michigan State University College of Human MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,594David B. Hiller, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · University of Texas Medical School at San AntonioMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16,739Seth M. Katzen, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Marian University College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,618Sherry C. Kinnaird, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Virginia Commonwealth University, School of MedicineFemaleJesus H. Lao, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1982MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,402Erin F. Lawson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003 · Emory University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $769James G. Modir, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003 · Medical College of WisconsinMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,270Michael Moon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $435Lars R. Newsome, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in San Diego: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $66Alicja Steiner, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1991FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $512Hall Wu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,487
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).