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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Saint Cloud, MN
CMS lists 20 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Saint Cloud. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 20. Offer telehealth: 0.
Original Medicare doesn't cover routine eye exams for glasses or contact lenses; it covers eye care for medical conditions such as cataracts, glaucoma and diabetic eye disease.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 56301 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $128, of which you pay about $32; a follow-up visit $70, 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.
Derek J. Bonacci, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100Graduated 2009MaleMitchell D. Harstad, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.5/100Graduated 1984 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleMelanie J. Thares, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.2/100Graduated 2022FemaleOther offices in Saint Cloud: 1Alyssa J. Richard, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 64.3/100Graduated 2022FemaleOther offices in Saint Cloud: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $28Shalon A. Ronning, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 64.3/100Graduated 2017 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $73Matthew C. Anderson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $166April A. Austing, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009FemaleGordon E. Dramen, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleLonda L. Fischer Costello, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $15Kylie H. Jacobsen, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $95Miranda H. Lepinski Peterson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $95Bryan D. Lorenz, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleChristie J. Russell-Villnow, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $129Laurel Schimelfening, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $95Emily S. Schwartz, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · Southern California College of OptometryFemaleClaire E. Skorseth
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $100Michael D. Sufka, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleHunter R. Throndsen, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,086Kimberly H. Watson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $33Whitney Welder
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025Female
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).