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Ophthalmologists who accept Medicare in San Luis Obispo, CA
CMS lists 17 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in San Luis Obispo. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 17. Offer telehealth: 0.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 93401 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $136, of which you pay about $34; 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.
Derek B. Lauritzen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1992 · Tufts University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $175Nathan C. Steinle, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2005MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $89,600Andrew S. Goldstein, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.5/100Graduated 2020 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $69Jawad N. Ahmad, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 2018 · State University of New York Downstate Medical CenterMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $331Justin B. Hellman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 2015 · University of Chicago, Pritzker School of MedicineMaleRobert W. Higginbotham, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 1969 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $551Christopher S. Hulburd, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 1984 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $226William E. McRee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 1986 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $386Daniel R. Agarwal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.9/100Graduated 2013 · JS Weill Medical College, Cornell UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $420Frank M. Basich, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.9/100Graduated 1989 · University of California, San Francisco School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $537Stephen S. Bylsma, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.9/100Graduated 1989 · Oregon Health Sciences University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,359William J. Gealy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.9/100Graduated 1979 · Yale University School of MedicineMaleRena A. Stathacopoulos, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.9/100Graduated 1987 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineFemaleAbraham Suhr, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.9/100Graduated 2001MaleOther offices in San Luis Obispo: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $240Steven C. Johnson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1978 · Southern Illinois University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $405Michael B. Limberg, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 23.1/100Graduated 1982 · University of Utah School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $991John W. Hallisey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1972 · University of California, Davis School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $25
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).