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Orthopedic surgeons who accept Medicare in Altoona, WI
CMS lists 9 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Altoona. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 8. Offer telehealth: 1.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 54720 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $83, of which you pay about $21; a follow-up visit $67, 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.
Nikhil Shelke, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 80.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,915Troy L. Berg, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 23.3/100Graduated 1993 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $169Austin J. Crow, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 23.3/100Graduated 2008 · Saint Louis University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $52Brent D. Carlson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 22.6/100Graduated 2005 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,685Nathaniel J. Stewart, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 22.4/100Graduated 1992 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $661Nathan H. Harris, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 21/100Graduated 2012 · University of North Dakota School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,187John C. Berschback, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 0/100Graduated 2007 · Wayne State University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $9Evan J. Peissig, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · University of Wisconsin School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $340Benjamin F. Giertych, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2019 · University of Wisconsin School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Altoona: 1
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).