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General surgeons who accept Medicare in Bristol, TN
CMS lists 13 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Bristol. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 13. Offer telehealth: 0.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 37620 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $82, of which you pay about $20; a follow-up visit $66, 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.
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✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 62.2/100Graduated 2008 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $571Sidney W. Collins Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002MaleOther offices in Bristol: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $425Paige C. Furrow, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · University of Virginia School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $702David N. Gwaltney, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1978 · University of Arkansas College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $113Steven M. Holt, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · Wake Forest University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bristol: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $36Eugene C. McClintic, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bristol: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $611Jessica McCracken, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleOther offices in Bristol: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $202Benjamin S. Scharfstein Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998MaleOther offices in Bristol: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,998Jake F. Sides, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016MaleOther offices in Bristol: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $122Cheryl A. Stanski, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · Tulane University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bristol: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $22Thomas V. Thomas, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · Washington University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bristol: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $56John Vance, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Edward Via Col of Osteo Medicine-Virginia CampusMaleOther offices in Bristol: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $481Grace L. Ward, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $51
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.
Other specialists in Bristol
- Primary care doctors97
- Nurse practitioners154
- Cardiologists17
- Dermatologists5
- Orthopedic surgeons18
- Neurologists12
- Gastroenterologists16
- Ophthalmologists3
- Optometrists11
- Podiatrists6
- Urologists16
- Pulmonologists3
- Psychologists4
- Therapists and counselors20
- Physical therapists30
- Audiologists3
- Chiropractors4
- Gynecologists17
- Neurosurgeons3
- Infectious disease doctors5
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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).