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Cardiologists who accept Medicare in Hickory, NC
CMS lists 24 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Hickory. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 24. Offer telehealth: 2.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 28602 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $125, of which you pay about $31; a follow-up visit $96, of which you pay about $24 — 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.
Sanjay C. Patel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.8/100Graduated 1991MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $37Holly C. Desena, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94/100Graduated 2007 · Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of MedicineFemaleMichael D. Cantor, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,063Debapria Das, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,812Leverne S. Fox, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $734Justin P. Hicks, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · West Virginia School of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $226Ateet Kosaraju
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013MaleOther offices in Hickory: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $732Jonathan J. Mayl, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,996Srinivas S. Mikkilineni, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,359Donald J. Neal, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $709Sanjay K. Patel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $809Vincent J. Patrone, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982 · State University of NY Upstate Medical UniversityMaleOther offices in Hickory: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $661Vincent J. Pompili, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988 · Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn RSV UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $332Pairoj Rerkpattanapipat, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993MaleOther offices in Hickory: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $476Tony W. Simmons, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1979 · Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn RSV UniversityMaleNadarajah Srikumar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1990MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $32Brian Steg, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1978 · Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn RSV UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $32Amish C. Sura, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,301Ankur Tiwari, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,740Atul Trivedi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,192Sujethra Vasu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $42Deviprasad Venugopal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,071Sean P. Whalen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $37,133Thomas M. Wiley, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986 · Uniformed Services Uhs Fe Hebert School of MedMaleOther offices in Hickory: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $152
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).