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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Bellevue, NE
CMS lists 14 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Bellevue. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 13. 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 68123 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $121, of which you pay about $30; a follow-up visit $66, of which you pay about $16 — 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.
Ryan P. Lempp, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97/100Graduated 2004 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $24Leah J. Stevens, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97/100Graduated 2017 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $221Lindsey E. Zavala, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.3/100Graduated 2023 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $156Michael A. Chatterson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.5/100Graduated 1991 · Southern College of OptometryMaleMargaret M. Grange, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.5/100Graduated 2014 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleThomas W. Grange, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.5/100Graduated 1984 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleSydni E. Billesbach, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $34Gregory J. Bruening, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · New England College of OptometryMaleAndrea J. Carda, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $549Bradley J. Carpenter, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $136John R. Herbolsheimer, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $58Kerri D. Pillen, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1983 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $125Vernon P. Schlueter, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999MaleLaura I. Armitage, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2018 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $467
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).