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Neurosurgeons who accept Medicare in Albuquerque, NM
CMS lists 22 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Albuquerque. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 21. Offer telehealth: 9.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 87106 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $126, of which you pay about $32; a follow-up visit $68, 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.
Chad D. Cole, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100Graduated 2005 · University of Utah School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $13,445Caroline Hadley, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $264Robert Oxford, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004 · Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $413Peter C. Shin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100Graduated 1991 · Northeastern Ohio University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,863Jorge Gonzalez-Cruz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2000MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $90Jose Santos Pico, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 1980MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $409Gregory T. Sherr, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2004 · New York Medical CollegeMaleOther offices in Albuquerque: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $4,737Michael K. Ziemke, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2017 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, DenverMaleOther offices in Albuquerque: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,111Griffith Harsh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.2/100Graduated 1980MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $160Carlos M. Alvarez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016MaleOther offices in Albuquerque: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,297James A. Botros, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · Washington University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $405Mark Bryniarski, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,577Griffin L. Ernst, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · University of New Mexico School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Albuquerque: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,080Sheila Eshraghi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $535Damirez Fossett, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleMichael Kogan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $799Michael J. Ortiz Torres, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · University of Puerto Rico School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,640Christian B. Ricks, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011 · Baylor College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $417Timothy M. Robinson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,157Philip T. Shields, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985 · University of California, San Francisco School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $448Philip S. Smucker, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Indiana Medical College, School of Medicine of Purdue UniversityMaleDaniel Sexton, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2018MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,138
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).