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Psychiatrists who accept Medicare in Corpus Christi, TX
CMS lists 13 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Corpus Christi. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 11. Offer telehealth: 7.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 78404 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $167, of which you pay about $42; 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.
Manjunath Balaram, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $147Jack Chelebian, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1981MaleOther offices in Corpus Christi: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $208John Lusins III, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006MaleOther offices in Corpus Christi: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $16James M. May, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1965 · University of Washington School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $419Melanie V. Ottenbacher, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $38Jose E. Pagan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,289Nestor H. Praderio, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1973MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,714Mario A. Quintanilla, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1970MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $97Ryan Smith, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006MaleOther offices in Corpus Christi: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $612Megan Talley, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20Lisa M. Vela, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonFemaleOther offices in Corpus Christi: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $242Michael A. Hernandez, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2001 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,234Krishnaiah Rayasam, MD
May accept assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1973MaleOther offices in Corpus Christi: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $205
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).