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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Billings, MT
CMS lists 45 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Billings. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 41. 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 59102 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $131, of which you pay about $33; a follow-up visit $71, 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.
Catherine J. Olson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1990 · Southern California College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $39Kristi D. Schied, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.5/100Graduated 1995 · Southern California College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $101Ceara R. Steiner, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.5/100Graduated 2011 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $221Travis Whitt, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.4/100Graduated 2008 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $279Alecia M. Diede, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.8/100Graduated 2023 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $217John T. Gingrich, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 72.6/100Graduated 1990 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $90Brad A. Kimball, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 71.8/100Graduated 1998 · Southern California College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $207Brian E. Linde, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 68.2/100Graduated 1987 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $91David E. Bauer, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,168Angie M. Biskupiak, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $134Crystal M. Carrington-Hellier, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · Ferris State College - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Robyn N. Clausen Bauer, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $151Jennifer J. Cross, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · Southern California College of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Billings: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $182Jennifer H. Dull, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $109Tom Felstet, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Southern California College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $193Jessica J. Ferris, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · University of California - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $132Robert R. Gaskill, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21Blair Gerratt, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $670Gabrielle Gunlikson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $211Amanda L. Haber, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $90Madison L. Hoeninghausen, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2026 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Billings: 1Rebecca K. Jackson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleKari M. Jones, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleRobert W. Kautz, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $14Shawn N. Lebsock, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $166Dixon Maggard, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $171Kimberly C. Munson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $220James V. Nguyen, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $248Jessica L. Peel, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $134Amanda Polacco, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Kristin R. Pope, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $72Joseph A. Reynolds, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Kelci K. Rolfstad, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $171Kerry T. Sanchez, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Billings: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $18Kyle A. Schwalbe, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010MaleStephanie N. Shoults, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $298Joseph S. Steiner, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $243Grace Von Krosigk, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2026FemaleMichael C. Wardell, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · University of Houston - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $37Rachel L. Warner, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $132Gregory G. Zell, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1981 · Southern California College of OptometryMaleKevin B. Biegel, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1991 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleRobert P. Currence, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1991 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Devin B. Despain, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2008 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Billings: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $18Ruben C. Sanchez, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1972 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18
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).