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Optometrists who accept Medicare in Rapid City, SD
CMS lists 35 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Rapid City. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 26. 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 57702 (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.
Neil W. Brogden, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.8/100Graduated 2006 · Southern College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $278Jess Moser, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2014MaleRyan L. Scarborough, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2006 · Ohio State University - College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Rapid City: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $158Scott Schirber, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.2/100Graduated 2004 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,064Jared C. Pearson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 77.7/100Graduated 2005 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDawn L. Wattenhofer, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 77.7/100Graduated 1998 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,079Taylor Bowman, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $123Alisa Brogden, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Rapid City: 1Cole Bruscher, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryMaleShane A. Clark, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Southern College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Rapid City: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $137Elizabeth A. Ellender, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · University of Houston - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $234Michael S. Ellender, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · University of Houston - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $254Melanie L. Hamiel, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleOther offices in Rapid City: 1Joseph R. Hartford, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Rapid City: 1William J. Holec, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Rapid City: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,331Dwayne R. Ice, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1981 · University of Houston - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $48Abigail E. Kasten, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025 · University of Houston - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $34Dylan A. Kruger, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2026 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleSarah K. Kuipers, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $169Jonathan P. Nebelsick, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleOther offices in Rapid City: 1Payton D. Oxner, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2026 · Southern California College of OptometryMaleEric D. Porisch, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryMaleMegan R. Rotella, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $66Daniel E. Smith, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · Southern College of OptometryMaleSydney L. Wendt, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2026FemaleFalon S. Young, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleOther offices in Rapid City: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $80Renae E. Welke, OD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87/100Graduated 2011FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $144Penelope A. Haeker, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1994 · Indiana University - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $58Sarah P. Houdek, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2020 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $65Gaylene R. Kudrna, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1994 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleElaine V. Petry, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $141Steven G. Schaefer, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2022 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $95Greg A. Sorensen, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1991 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMalePaula J. Sorensen, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1991 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $60Lynn R. Tucker, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1988 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $38
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).