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General surgeons who accept Medicare in La Crosse, WI
CMS lists 37 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in La Crosse. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 37. Offer telehealth: 2.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 54601 (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.
Mary K. Christian, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991 · University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal)FemaleOther offices in La Crosse: 1Larry Deppe, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003MaleBrendon M. Esquibel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014MaleLindsay Fairfax, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolFemaleRebekkah Frunzac
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $177Shelley Gabel- Lewis, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20,611Kathriena Greenwell, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $168Brandon T. Grover, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · Kansas City University of Med & Biosciences, College of Osteo MedMaleOther offices in La Crosse: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,431Hope M. Guzzo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · University of Wisconsin School of MedicineFemaleMatthew G. Hager, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · Florida State University College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $155Christopher M. Huiras, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1983 · University of Wisconsin School of MedicineMaleBenjamin T. Jarman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999 · Indiana University School of MedicineMaleChristopher C. Johnson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · University of Wisconsin School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $23Melissa K. Johnson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001FemaleOther offices in La Crosse: 1Michitaka Kawata, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · Temple University School of MedicineMaleTara Krosch, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · University of Minnesota Medical SchoolFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $282Maria E. Linnaus, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · Creighton University School of MedicineFemaleAmy A. Lloyd, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleOther offices in La Crosse: 1Elisabeth A. Loomis, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Kansas City University of Med & Biosciences, College of Osteo MedFemaleKatelyn Mellion, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $153David W. Nelms, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineMaleErek Nelson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Boston University School of MedicineMaleJoshua D. Pfeiffer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · University of Washington School of MedicineMaleOther offices in La Crosse: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $955Jamie L. Prather, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · Indiana University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $105Andrew J. Riggle, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011MaleNolan J. Rudder, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016MaleAnnaliese G. Seidel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Ohio State University College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $177Stephen B. Shapiro, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994MaleOther offices in La Crosse: 2Travis J. Smith, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · Mayo Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $9,217Brittany E. Splittgerber, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleIsaac Theerman, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013MaleLeroy J. Trombetta, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997 · Creighton University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $40Laurel Vaughan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleAlexander D. Wade, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · University of New Mexico School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $308Robert Wendt
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleOther offices in La Crosse: 1Rachel M. Wilson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · Temple University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $173Tal Yalon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011MaleOther offices in La Crosse: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $236
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).