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Neurosurgeons who accept Medicare in Abilene, TX
CMS lists 19 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Abilene. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 19. Offer telehealth: 9.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 79605 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $126, 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.
Christopher S. Eddleman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.4/100Graduated 2003 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Abilene: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $20Steven W. Brown, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.3/100Graduated 2003 · University of Texas Medical School at San AntonioMaleOther offices in Abilene: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $126Ananth K. Vellimana, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $8,882James T. Trammell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.9/100Graduated 2001 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Abilene: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $126Salah G. Aoun, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,110Frederick L. Hitti, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · Columbia University College of Physicians and SurgeonsMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,413Luis E. Duarte, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1987 · Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $182,040Leslie M. Hutchins, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.5/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasFemaleOther offices in Abilene: 1Daniel L. Peterson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 74.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $130,425Francisco J. Batlle, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1987MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $179Kyle E. Doughty, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · University of Oklahoma College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $567Duncan K. Fischer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986 · Yale University School of MedicineMaleDouglas J. Fox, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Washington University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $106,394Juanita Garces, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $26,043Randall Graham
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $40,248Joseph K. Hobbs, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · Ohio State University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $446Michael A. Leonard, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · New York University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $468Kristopher Lyon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleOther offices in Abilene: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $352Amon Zakeri, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · University of Toledo College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $990
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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- Optometrists27
- Podiatrists13
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- Pulmonologists4
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- Allergists3
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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).