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Gastroenterologists who accept Medicare in Independence, MO
CMS lists 14 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Independence. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 14. Offer telehealth: 1.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 64055 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $128, of which you pay about $32; a follow-up visit $98, of which you pay about $24 — 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.
Benjamin R. Alsop, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal)MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $57Nikhil Banerjee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · University of Utah School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $19,992Syed M. Khalid, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $296Francis P. Mc Cormick, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986 · University of Nebraska College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $820Scott E. McGuire, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991 · Saint Louis University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $19John R D. Peterson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $29Benjamin Z. Root, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,087Gregory A. Schnell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982 · University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal)MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $941Aman K. Singh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,272Erik P. Thyssen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,288Frank J. Totta, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · Kansas City University of Med & Biosciences, College of Osteo MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $878Ryan B. Utarnachitt, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · Wayne State University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $643Leonard B. Weinstock, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1981 · University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $6,055Chase M. Zeilenga, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · At Still University of Health Sciences, College of Osteo Med, KirksvilleMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,214
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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).