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General surgeons who accept Medicare in Independence, MO
CMS lists 22 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Independence. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 22. Offer telehealth: 0.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 64057 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $86, of which you pay about $21; a follow-up visit $69, 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.
Michael Sutherland, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.2/100Graduated 1998MaleSean A. Nix, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.7/100Graduated 2003MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $597Jeffrey W. Cameron, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.3/100Graduated 1991 · University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal)MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $682Albert Chorens, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.7/100Graduated 1991MaleDarcy D. Shaw, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.3/100Graduated 2009 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Independence: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $156Marco E. Hidalgo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 81.1/100Graduated 2007MaleKelly M. James, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 1987 · Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $13,892John A. Aucar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986 · University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal)MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Mindi S. Beahm, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal)FemaleOther offices in Independence: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $149Clinton R. Gates, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014 · University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal)MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,905Leila Green, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · Meharry Medical College School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $152Jacob P. Jensen, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018MaleAllison Key, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleStanley J. Kurek Jr., DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $569Stephanie Lumpkin
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleLacey McMillan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleAlvin P. Perry III, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleAnthony Raspanti, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992MaleBradley Rittenhouse, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,833Katherine A. Shelton, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleRobert Singer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · University of Nebraska College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22Jared B. Smith, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Saint Louis University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Independence: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,149
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).