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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Gastonia, NC
CMS lists 24 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Gastonia. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 24. 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 28054 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $125, of which you pay about $31; 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.
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✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.4/100Graduated 2013 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleJohn P. Foster, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.2/100Graduated 2000 · Southern College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $79Nicole Lynch, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.2/100Graduated 2007 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $193Nima M. Mazhari, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.2/100Graduated 2006 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $697Robert L. Sullivan, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 86.2/100Graduated 1990 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $226Keith Pawlish Jr., OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2006 · University Alabama Birmingham - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20Gaetan Banawoe, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleOther offices in Gastonia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $267Matthew Bryant, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014MaleMy Thuan L. Do, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleLisa E. Graybeal Ziebell, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleJacob E. Hannon, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleWilliam R. Hundley, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleCristian Lopez, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $88Paul I. Luttrell, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $122John S. Mincey, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleHolly Moose
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $197Audrey G. Moran
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Osteopathic MedFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $222Hiral P. Patel, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020MaleMichael Scott, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $109Charlene Singh, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $100Amanda L. Smith, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $222Sara L. Suttles, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDarian C. Travis, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleOther offices in Gastonia: 3Michelle M. Woo
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $52
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).