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Orthopedic surgeons who accept Medicare in St. Petersburg, FL
CMS lists 41 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in St. Petersburg. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 40. Offer telehealth: 8.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 33702 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $88, of which you pay about $22; 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.
Mohit Bansal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2004MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $7,789Samuel J. Swiggett, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.4/100Graduated 2017 · Florida International Univ, College of MedicineMaleOther offices in St. Petersburg: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,660Hannah E. Groff, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100Graduated 2019 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,576Anthony Albert, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.5/100Graduated 2005 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $859Ahmad Reza Nematbakhsh, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.5/100Graduated 1998MaleOther offices in St. Petersburg: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $506Thomas Nienke, DC
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.5/100Graduated 2008 · Kansas City College of Medicine and SurgeryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,670Daniel R. Dziadosz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.6/100Graduated 2004MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $5,236Randa D. Elmallah, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.6/100Graduated 2013FemaleOther offices in St. Petersburg: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $569Joshua Milby, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.6/100Graduated 2014MaleOther offices in St. Petersburg: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $444Joseph R. Temperato, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.6/100Graduated 2016 · Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, ErieMaleOther offices in St. Petersburg: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $308Dalibel Bravo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.6/100Graduated 2014 · University of Puerto Rico School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $993Hogan G. Yi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.8/100Graduated 1983 · Washington University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in St. Petersburg: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,476Vladimir A. Alexander, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1995 · Ohio State University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $10,509Douglas E. Carlan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2000 · University of Florida College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $59Jonathan Dattilo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2014 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,263Katulle K. Eaton, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1987 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleMichael W. Higgins, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1996 · Nova Southeastern College of Osteo MedicineMaleOther offices in St. Petersburg: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $85Daniel Penello, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2002MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $129Thomas Tolli, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1987MaleChristopher E. Baker, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · University of Florida College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $72,588Brett R. Bolhofner, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980 · University of South Florida College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $325,771George H. Canizares, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996 · University of South Florida College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,075Holden D. Heitner, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · State University of NY Upstate Medical UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $794Kurt C. Hirshorn, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · University of South Florida College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $232David B. Johnson, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · Lake Erie Col of Osteopathic Medicine, BradentonMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $914Brittney L. Lambie, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Georgetown University School of MedicineFemaleAmun Makani, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in St. Petersburg: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $984Sanjay Menon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · George Washington University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in St. Petersburg: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,391Charles C. Nalley, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · University of Arkansas College of MedicineMaleOther offices in St. Petersburg: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $161Dzi-Viet P. Nguyen, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, ErieMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $6,192Paul J. Pagano, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · Ohio State University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,085Daphne Pinkas, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · University of Miami, LM Miller School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $466Jorge A. Rodriguez Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $391Michael J. Smith, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1973 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleOther offices in St. Petersburg: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $129Patrick J. Smith, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleOther offices in St. Petersburg: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $664Benjamin Streufert, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · Duke University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in St. Petersburg: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $302Alex Sullivan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · Florida Atlantic University, College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,678Matthew J. Swick, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002 · University of South Florida College of MedicineMaleOther offices in St. Petersburg: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $875William L. Tontz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $61Matthew L. Wahl, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · University of Mississippi School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,268Alexander Sanders, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2026 · Texas a & M University System, HSC, College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $737
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).