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Ophthalmologists who accept Medicare in Las Cruces, NM
CMS lists 16 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Las Cruces. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 16. Offer telehealth: 0.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 88011 (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.
Dinesh Bahl, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2002MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,160Jeremy R. Cuthbertson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1999 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $695Richard Hwang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2010 · Duke University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $617Daniel T. Kasuga, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2009 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,205David C. Metrikin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1985MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,003Edward V. Hernandez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100Graduated 1993 · University of California, San Francisco School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $268Claudia G. Hooten, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.1/100Graduated 2011 · University of Florida College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $649Calvin McNelly, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.2/100Graduated 2020MaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,105James Cole, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 1991 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $356Javier De La Torre, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2005 · University Central del Caribe Escuela de MedicinaMaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,229Marc Ellman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2001 · Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Robert L. Villalobos Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 1980MaleOther offices in Las Cruces: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $377Parley D. Fillmore, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2009 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $968Nicholas A. Spendlove, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2018 · University of Utah School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $296Jon R. Hall, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1968 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonMaleAnindya Samanta, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Paul L Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech UnivMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $527
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).