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Optometrists who accept Medicare in El Paso, TX
CMS lists 48 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in El Paso. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 43. 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 79936 (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.
Joseph C. Buentello, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.1/100Graduated 2016MaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,285Roberto F. Fournier, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.1/100Graduated 2017MaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $837Erika Y. Pinedo, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.1/100Graduated 2015 · International American University at Puerto Rico - School of OptometryFemaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $490Dorian D. Acosta, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.4/100Graduated 2018 · University of Houston - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $160Monica V. Ramirez, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.4/100Graduated 2007 · University of Houston - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,022Bryan E. Lallathin, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.2/100Graduated 1994 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $427Ryan E. Ockey, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.2/100Graduated 2020MaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $236Stephen Purdy, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.2/100Graduated 2011 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryMaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $401Michelle N. Serrano, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.2/100Graduated 2016FemaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $227Brent E. Shelley, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.2/100Graduated 2000 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $236Heath L. Anderson, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 0/100Graduated 2004 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleAbdullah Aljaafari, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025 · Indiana University - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $45David J. Baptiste, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $747Mario A. Caballero, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993 · International American University at Puerto Rico - School of OptometryMaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $949David I. Caceres, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Higinio Cantres-Carmona, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · International American University at Puerto Rico - School of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,055Daniel C. Crawford, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · Pacific University - College of OptometryMalePerla Delgado, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $534Andy Do, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $196John Ellis II, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · University of Houston - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,582Marie Lulette Fermil, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $325Ammon D. Garner, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoMaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $785Cory A. Grifka, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014MaleRolando A. Guillot, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,434Gordon C. Hendricks, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993MaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Craig T. Hentzel, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986 · University of Missouri St Louis - School of OptometryMaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $719Kirby D. Johnston, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $138Hannah Kim
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · Pacific University - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $28Angela C. Koplos, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · University of Houston - College of OptometryFemaleOther offices in El Paso: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $200Kierrah M. Llanos, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $479Gabriel Luna, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine Mid Western UniversityMaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $535Andrea Maldonado, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Southern California College of OptometryFemaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $501Michael F. Maldonado, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,390Syndy J. Maynard, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · University of Houston - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $227Louis M. McMahon, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985 · University of Houston - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $264Vinh Ngo, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014MaleJaime Okamura, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · Illinois College of Optometry at ChicagoFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $191Kathy L. Phan, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · Pennsylvania College of OptometryFemaleOther offices in El Paso: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $40Amanda B. Pina, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · University of Houston - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $104Maria D. Soto, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · University of Houston - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $38Larry D. Tarrant, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $43Barbara Van
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · Southern College of OptometryFemaleHeather Vigo-Sanchez, OD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024 · University of Houston - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $519Gabriel I. Davila, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021 · University of Houston - College of OptometryMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $813Samuel H. Favela Jr., OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1991 · University of Houston - College of OptometryMaleOther offices in El Paso: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $801Karina A. Quinones, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021 · University of Houston - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $841Victor Ramirez, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1990 · University of California - School of OptometryMaleSophia Tran, OD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2025 · University of Houston - College of OptometryFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $552
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).