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Gastroenterologists who accept Medicare in Lubbock, TX
CMS lists 22 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Lubbock. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 20. Offer telehealth: 3.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 79424 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $126, of which you pay about $32; a follow-up visit $97, of which you pay about $24 — 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.
Kanak Das, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.5/100Graduated 2004 · Chattanooga Medical CollegeMaleOther offices in Lubbock: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $177David Hodges, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.5/100Graduated 1983 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $293Rafiul S. Islam, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 2008 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,470Vijay Are, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.4/100Graduated 2010MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $209Neha V. Patel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · University of Miami, LM Miller School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $108Houssam Al Kharrat, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82.4/100Graduated 1995MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,958Boyd S. Fenton, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.5/100Graduated 1998 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $172Hakan Akin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996MaleOther offices in Lubbock: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $214Omair Atiq, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $703Ryan A. Balko, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Lubbock: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,066Genanew Bedanie, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006MaleOther offices in Lubbock: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $223Vanessa C. Costilla, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,265Elias Ghandour, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1981MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $946Stevan A. Gonzalez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000 · Geisel School of Medicine at DartmouthMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21,428Justin H. McCarthy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1975MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,019Hamed Shabaneh Al-Tamimi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $427Matthew P. Soape, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,438Ching Wang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $941Jeffrey S. Weinstein, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,063Nebiyou Wondimagegnehu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $270Jowana Saba, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleWilliam A. Shaver, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1981 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $74
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).