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General surgeons who accept Medicare in Alton, IL
CMS lists 7 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Alton. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 7. Offer telehealth: 1.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 62002 (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.
Christopher R. Aldridge, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $447Nkiruka Arinze, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Alton: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $6,410Deena Chihade
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Southern Illinois University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $815Theadore A. Hufford, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Wright State University Boonshoft School of MedicineMaleRaman Kumar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · Creighton University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Alton: 1Reginald Mason, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995MaleMatthew C. Musielak, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $48
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.
Other specialists in Alton
- Primary care doctors115
- Nurse practitioners141
- Cardiologists41
- Orthopedic surgeons10
- Neurologists9
- Gastroenterologists17
- Ophthalmologists5
- Optometrists17
- Podiatrists9
- Urologists10
- Pulmonologists6
- Nephrologists7
- Oncologists6
- Psychiatrists3
- Therapists and counselors32
- Physical therapists9
- Occupational therapists5
- Chiropractors10
- Gynecologists7
- Vascular surgeons4
- Infectious disease doctors4
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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).