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General surgeons who accept Medicare in Lubbock, TX
CMS lists 43 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Lubbock. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 39. Offer telehealth: 2.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 79410 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $85, of which you pay about $21; 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.
Valerie Allen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · Texas a & M University System, HSC, College of MedicineFemaleJesus E. Hidalgo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2005MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $55Tabitha K. Ankers, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.5/100Graduated 2018FemaleOther offices in Lubbock: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $4,749Lynsey Biondi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.5/100Graduated 2003FemaleOther offices in Lubbock: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $109Steven E. Brooks, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.5/100Graduated 2005MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,896Vinay Goyal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.5/100Graduated 2001MaleOther offices in Lubbock: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $228John A. Griswold, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.5/100Graduated 1981 · Creighton University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $175Allan L. Haynes III, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.5/100Graduated 2000 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Lubbock: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $164Jayne S. McCauley, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.5/100Graduated 2014 · Univ of Missouri-Kansas City School of DentistryFemaleOther offices in Lubbock: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,874Edwin O. Onkendi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.5/100Graduated 2005MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,460Alan Pang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.5/100Graduated 2016 · R Franklin University of Med & Sci/chicago Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Lubbock: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $7,165Ariel P. Santos, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.5/100Graduated 1996MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,945Mohamad Sidani, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.5/100Graduated 2013MaleOther offices in Lubbock: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $158Justin Vaughan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.5/100Graduated 2014 · University of Arkansas College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Lubbock: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $168Vernon Williams, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 99.5/100Graduated 1988 · University of Kentucky College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Lubbock: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $239Rebeccah B. Baucom, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasFemaleOther offices in Lubbock: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $159Charles V. Bayouth, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $75Douglas G. Cummins, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999MaleOther offices in Lubbock: 1Travis D. Eggl, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, ErieMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,587Derick Haggard, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $666Shirley Hui, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Lubbock: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $121Desmond Khor, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $222Jon I. Levin, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1978MaleChad Lewis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $125David E. Mangold, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1974 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Lubbock: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,015Milissa McKee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · University of North Dakota School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,535Gregory J. McKenna, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,891Melinda B. Nickels, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $152Brian J. Norkiewicz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $76George Philip, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004MaleOther offices in Lubbock: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,951Adam K. Purtell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $252Sammy D. Rivas, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Lubbock: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $289Richard A. Rosen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $212Richard M. Ruiz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $154Caleb R. Sallee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $327Brian M. Schneider, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $499Shawn J. Senter, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $150David Syn, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996 · State University of New York Downstate Medical CenterMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $508Tim West, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1979 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleFaidah Badru, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleJose Chavez, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021MaleCristina A. Metildi
May accept assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $44Robert P. Thompson Jr., MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1984 · University of Texas Medical School at San AntonioMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $285
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).