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General surgeons who accept Medicare in Albemarle, NC
CMS lists 9 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Albemarle. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 9. Offer telehealth: 1.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 28001 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $84, of which you pay about $21; 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.
Michael A. Houston
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $31Terri R. Martin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100Graduated 1991FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $8,619Matthew A. Shaver, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100Graduated 2009MaleOther offices in Albemarle: 1Warren E. Evans, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · Edward Via Col of Osteo Medicine-Carolinas CampusMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,447James C. Foxworthy IV, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989 · University of Washington School of MedicineMaleChristian P. Gage, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $169Kristen L. Laaman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · University of Virginia School of MedicineFemaleMeade T. Palmer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985 · Temple University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Albemarle: 1Matthew C. Wakefield, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $363
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.
Other specialists in Albemarle
- Primary care doctors20
- Nurse practitioners64
- Cardiologists22
- Orthopedic surgeons3
- Optometrists4
- Pulmonologists4
- Oncologists4
- Psychiatrists9
- Therapists and counselors62
- Chiropractors6
- Gynecologists10
Other care in Albemarle
Hospitals · Nursing homes · Dialysis centers · Home health agencies · Hospices
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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).