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General surgeons who accept Medicare in Columbia, SC
CMS lists 30 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Columbia. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 30. Offer telehealth: 0.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 29203 (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.
Amanda E. Lee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.9/100Graduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $261Marcos Aranda, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 2017MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $125John D. Deperi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 1991 · Columbia University College of Physicians and SurgeonsMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16Robert Rawlinson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 2017 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $783Collin Tully, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 2013 · Florida State University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $82Benjamin L. White, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 2015 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $121Kelly C. Harris, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.4/100Graduated 2010 · University of Miami, LM Miller School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Columbia: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $525Vikram R. Vattipally, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.4/100Graduated 1999MaleVarun Bhalla, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $160Jesse Clanton
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $895James N. Conner, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Lincoln Memorial University Medical DepartmentMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $306Arthur Cooler, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991 · Medical College of Georgia School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,105Michael T. Fitzgerald, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $5,622Jacob Hessey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,771Amy N. Hildreth, CH
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,104Mark A. Jones, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · East Tennessee State University Quillen College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $384Zeid M. Keilani, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Cecily Lykes, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic MedFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,193Richard McCarroll, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011MaleStephen H. Metropol, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineMaleMartin Mirra
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,069David D. Moffat II, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $12,571Fernando A. Navarro, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $379Ratnakishore Pallapothu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,249Phillip J. Prest, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,504Jeremy M. Reeves, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $8,521Mariangela Rivera, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · Yale University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $397James B. Tribble, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1983 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $31Debra L. Vanzandt, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005FemaleChristopher M. Watson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,307
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).