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General surgeons who accept Medicare in Bellingham, WA
CMS lists 17 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Bellingham. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 17. Offer telehealth: 3.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 98225 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $88, of which you pay about $22; a follow-up visit $71, of which you pay about $18 — 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.
David Droullard, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.8/100Graduated 2016MaleCharles D. Lawrence, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.8/100Graduated 2016 · University of Nevada School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $8,865Cary S. Kaufman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.1/100Graduated 1973 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineMaleBarbara A. Bachman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995FemaleOther offices in Bellingham: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $179Paul B. Fredette, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $84April Grant, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · University of South Carolina School of MedicineFemaleMohamad I. Haque, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $86Michael S. Higgins Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006 · University of Washington School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bellingham: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $20John S. Keeley Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · Mercer University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $103Camille A. Miller, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003FemaleOther offices in Bellingham: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $19Thomas Mitchell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · University of Miami, LM Miller School of MedicineMaleJustin P. Olsen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004 · University of Washington School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $87Michael E. Reopelle, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Sanford School of Medicine of University of South DakotaMaleRobert M. Rush Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · Uniformed Services Uhs Fe Hebert School of MedMaleOther offices in Bellingham: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $100Keith J. Vandergriend, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMalePeter B. Vanwagenen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1974 · Stanford University School of MedicineMaleKaren S. Woo, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006 · New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of TechnologyFemaleOther offices in Bellingham: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $358
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).