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General surgeons who accept Medicare in Rhinelander, WI
CMS lists 15 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Rhinelander. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 13. Offer telehealth: 1.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 54501 (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.
Alan L. Billsby, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1985 · Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health SciencesMaleOther offices in Rhinelander: 1Cecilia K. Trydestam, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 97.9/100Graduated 2009 · Temple University School of MedicineFemaleHeather Osterbrink, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 2004FemaleOther offices in Rhinelander: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $27Todd A. Sandstrom, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.8/100Graduated 1991 · University of Wisconsin School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Rhinelander: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $27Danny Bourgeois Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $67Chanell Boyd
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $303Joseph Clere, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017MaleOther offices in Rhinelander: 1Panna Codner, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $20Tuesday F. Cook, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · Howard University College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $857Shannon J. Gallagher, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · University of Wisconsin School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $16Mark A. Meier, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988 · University of North Dakota School of MedicineMaleSajid H. Qazi, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995 · Nova Southeastern College of Osteo MedicineMaleOther offices in Rhinelander: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $255Joseph Sullivan, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Lincoln Mem Univ, Debusk Col of Osteopathic MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18,907Raul Sebastian Laines, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.3/100Graduated 2003MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $228William F. Kendall Jr., MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 1995 · Michigan State University College of Human MedicineMale
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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.
Other specialists in Rhinelander
- Primary care doctors35
- Nurse practitioners66
- Cardiologists13
- Orthopedic surgeons8
- Neurologists5
- Gastroenterologists5
- Ophthalmologists7
- Optometrists8
- Urologists5
- Nephrologists3
- ENT doctors10
- Oncologists4
- Psychiatrists6
- Therapists and counselors13
- Physical therapists10
- Audiologists4
- Chiropractors10
- Gynecologists8
- Infectious disease doctors3
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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).