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Optometrists who accept Medicare in West Fargo, ND
CMS lists 16 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in West Fargo. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 16. 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 58078 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $127, of which you pay about $32; a follow-up visit $69, 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.
Nicholas C. Risbrudt, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.7/100Graduated 2019 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $808Brooke Messer, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.8/100Graduated 2010 · Southern California College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $76,850Seth J. Stofferahn, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.8/100Graduated 2021 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $865Lucas K. Genereux, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.7/100Graduated 2015 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleKimberly A. Gilbertson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.7/100Graduated 1997FemaleBrendan S. Kelly, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.7/100Graduated 2007 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleBlaine G. Zieman, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.7/100Graduated 1989 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16Krystal Eckstein, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.2/100Graduated 2014 · Ferris State College - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $54Barbra B. Brookshire, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $110Nathan Collins, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $149Melissa J. McCulley, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $548Alison R. Moses, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleJamie E. Nelson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $442Brynn K. Peterson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20Benjamin Verkuilen, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleMason R. Wilner, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $125
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).