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Ophthalmologists who accept Medicare in St. Petersburg, FL
CMS lists 31 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in St. Petersburg. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 31. Offer telehealth: 0.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 33710 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $130, of which you pay about $33; a follow-up visit $70, 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.
Steven M. Cohen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1988 · Harvard Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,032Jesse T. McCann, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2011 · Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $368Yasaman Mohadjer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.6/100Graduated 2002 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $158Jason M. Handza, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.3/100Graduated 1999 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $530Palak Patel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.2/100Graduated 2019 · Rush Medical College of Rush UniversityFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,673Fayssal El-Jabali, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.2/100Graduated 2006MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,419John B. Foster, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.2/100Graduated 2004 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,203Prabin C. Mishra, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.2/100Graduated 1994 · Michigan State University College of Human MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $450Stephen A. Updegraff, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.2/100Graduated 1989 · Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $43Brent W. Carmack, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2000 · University of South Florida College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $582Nathan R. Emery, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1999 · Chicago College of Medicine and SurgeryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,332David J. Mendelblatt, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 71/100Graduated 1998 · University of South Florida College of MedicineMaleOther offices in St. Petersburg: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $143Frances J. Acosta, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,418Lewis I. Apter, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1968MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $640Orion T. Ayer Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1974 · Meharry Medical College School of MedicineMaleBrandon C. Clair, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $286Winston T. Cope, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1972 · University of Florida College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $25Kendra D. Deangelis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Ohio State University College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $147Neel R. Desai, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $192,474Joshua N. Elliott, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · University of South Florida College of MedicineMaleRichard J. Hairston, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $308Derek Hess, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · University of South Florida College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $149Jeffrey I. Kasper, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $647Lawrence G. Kass, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1981 · Boston University School of MedicineMaleMichael H. Manning Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · University of South Florida College of MedicineMaleOther offices in St. Petersburg: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,210Esteban A. Peralta Chacon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · University of Utah School of MedicineMaleJames P. Powers, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · University of New England, College of Osteo MedicineMaleKurt Repke, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $508Christopher Schiefer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $387Priya Vakharia, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $125,699Robert J. Weinstock, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · Chicago College of Medicine and SurgeryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $158,501
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).