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Neurosurgeons who accept Medicare in Knoxville, TN
CMS lists 17 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Knoxville. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 17. Offer telehealth: 2.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 37920 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $122, of which you pay about $30; 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): 97.1/100Graduated 2000 · Texas a & M University System, HSC, College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $6,788Christopher P. Carroll, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.2/100Graduated 2012 · Medical College of WisconsinMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $31Todd B. Abel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2002 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $4,859Richard P. Boyer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1992 · University of Texas Medical School at San AntonioMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,114James A. Killeffer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1991 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $70Leonardo R. Rodriguez-Cruz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1984 · JS Weill Medical College, Cornell UniversityMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $213William E. Snyder Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1993 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $38Jonathan D. York, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2010MaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $455Jeffrey Albea, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $35Stephanie A. Coffman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · University of Kentucky College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $156Christopher Gallati, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $173Carter S. Gerard, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · University of Louisville School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $262Steven B. Housley, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · University of South Florida College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $549Stephen R. Lowe, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · Northeastern Ohio University College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $105Joel E. Norman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · University of Kentucky College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Knoxville: 2Jennifer Savage, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · University of Texas Medical School at San AntonioFemaleOther offices in Knoxville: 1Blake E. Wittenberg, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $682
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).