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General surgeons who accept Medicare in Charleston, SC
CMS lists 71 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Charleston. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 70. Offer telehealth: 14.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 29425 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $83, of which you pay about $21; a follow-up visit $67, 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.
Jeffrey M. Lafond
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1990 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $504Thomas C. Litton
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1983 · University of Kentucky College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $598David J. Roife, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.3/100Graduated 2011 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $705Andrea Abbott, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006 · University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $30,128Prabhakar Baliga, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 1982MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $179Brittany K. Bankhead, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2013FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $203Mary K. Bryant, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2015 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,787Thomas K. Byrne, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1978MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $510Denise M. Carneiro-Pla, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 1995FemaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $6,276Douglas J. Cassidy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · Tufts University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,693Bruce A. Crookes, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996 · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $25,592Evert A. Eriksson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, DenverMaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $22,640Heather L. Evans, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 1999 · University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $472Stephen Fann, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998 · Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $9,458Virgilio George, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $702Steven I. Hanish, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2000 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,234William G. Hawkins, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $96Ashley Hink
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2013FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $382Bernice L. Huang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $952Kathryn E. Hudak, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2018 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleAdria F. Johnson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2018 · University of North Dakota School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $505Steven Kahn, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2006 · East Tennessee State University Quillen College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $26,424Stuart M. Leon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 1995 · Medical College of PennsylvaniaMaleMark A. Lockett, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 1994 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleMohanned M. Mallah, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2016 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $920John W. McGillicuddy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 1998 · University of Michigan Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $166Rohit Mittal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2010 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $22,939Santosh Nagaraju, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2006MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $6,734Edward D. Norcross, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 1983MaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $142Alicia R. Privette, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2001 · University of Utah School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $500Chitharanjan Pullattrana, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $115,242Rochelle L. Ringer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2002 · Indiana University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $18Kevin K. Roggin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleKannan P. Samy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2011MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $7,242Jospeph R. Scalea, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2007 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,100Gregory T. Squires, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 1993 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $154Cynthia L. Talley, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2004 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $753Dirk J. Van Der Windt, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100Graduated 2010MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $267Maggie L. Westfal
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · Tufts University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $137Jason M. Clark, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2005 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $688Seon R. Jones, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2000 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonMaleOther offices in Charleston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $198Philip A. Albaneze, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Uniformed Services Uhs Fe Hebert School of MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $105Kellie A. Amodeo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $94Travis Arnold Lloyd, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · Albany Medical College of Union UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $558Tara M. Barry, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · University of Maryland School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,373Walter D. Blessing Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Charleston: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $208Gregory J. Cerilli, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $538Tayseer Chowdhry, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · Howard University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $455Leeanna M. Clevenger, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $101Diego Di Sabato, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $81Benjamin R. Ford, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $182John C. Hawk III, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1971 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMaleDaniel N. Holena, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997MaleBrent M. Jewett, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009MaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $335Christof Kaltenmeier
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $282Jane C. Kilkenny, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityFemaleOther offices in Charleston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $150Eric L. Long, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $321David G. Lucas Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Charleston: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $5,691David E. McCabe, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $264Adam C. Metzger, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · East Tennessee State University Quillen College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $270Stephen C. Miller II, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $925Charles K. Mitchell Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $37,571Robert C. Perez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · Rutgers, Robert Woood Johnson Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $179,376Autumn R. Shobe, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $245John L. Smear, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · University of Cincinnati College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Charleston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $330Richard A. Steadman III, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $195Gregory D. Stewart, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $269Bryan K. Thomas, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,663Gerald C. Warren, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $388Stanley M. Wilson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1976 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Charleston: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $58Alexander S. Thomas, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2017 · Tulane University School of MedicineMale
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).