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General surgeons who accept Medicare in Bangor, ME
CMS lists 21 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Bangor. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 21. Offer telehealth: 4.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 04401 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $83, of which you pay about $21; a follow-up visit $67, of which you pay about $17 — 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.
Pedro P. Gomez Valencia, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.6/100Graduated 2006MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $9,120Michael R. Starks, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.6/100Graduated 1997 · University of Washington School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $308John F. Vanadia, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.6/100Graduated 1987 · University of New England, College of Osteo MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $118Farwa Batool, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 2014 · Wayne State University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bangor: 1Khaldoun Bekdache, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 2004MaleOther offices in Bangor: 1Tyler A. Bernaiche, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · Tufts University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bangor: 1Alexandra M. Blanche, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Bangor: 1Avian C. Chang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 2014MaleOther offices in Bangor: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,572James L. Clarke, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 1981 · JS Weill Medical College, Cornell UniversityMaleOther offices in Bangor: 1Amy T. Fenwick, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 2001 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonFemaleOther offices in Bangor: 1Daniel A. Hetherman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Bangor: 1Bergljot R. Karlsdottir, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 2016FemaleSusan E. Oconnor, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 1988 · University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bangor: 1Matthew E. Sharbaugh, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · University of New England, College of Osteo MedicineMaleOther offices in Bangor: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $52,872Brad E. Waddell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1989MaleOther offices in Bangor: 1Anne Applebaum, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Bangor: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $710Mohammad R. Choudhary, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011MaleOther offices in Bangor: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,672Horatiu Dancea, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997MaleOther offices in Bangor: 1Mark H. Middleton, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleJoanmarie Pellegrini, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993 · Tufts University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $230Fresca C. Swaniker, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989FemaleOther offices in Bangor: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $19
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).