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Dermatology Doctors Who Perform the Procedure You Need—and Take Your Insurance.

Total-body dermoscopy skin checks, tangential/punch skin biopsies (CPT 11102 / 11104), actinic keratosis cryosurgery (CPT 17000), and Mohs micrographic surgery (CPT 17311). Filter by your insurance carrier, state, or procedure below.

4. Complete Physician Directory

All Dermatology Physicians (4,411)

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Dr. Alan Cohen, MD

Kearny, NJ 07032

★★★★★ 4.6 (22)
13th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,232 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jane Wada, MD

Montrose, CA 91020

★★★★★ 4.6 (26)
29th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,079 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Philip Blank, DO

Pleasantville, NY 10570

★★★★★ 4.6 (18)
42nd NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,007 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Jonathan Zirn, MD

Danbury, CT 06811

★★★★★ 4.6 (25)
95th CT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (9,190 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Hugh Dorris, MD

Asheville, NC 28803

★★★★★ 4.6 (17)
97th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (12,495 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Mathijs Brentjens, MD

Edenton, NC 27932

★★★★★ 4.6 (21)
99th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (18,486 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Greg Pearson, MD

Houston, TX 77024

★★★★★ 4.6 (17)
93rd TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (11,863 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$212 Cash

Dr. Jeffrey Schachne, MD

Jefferson Valley, NY 10535

★★★★★ 4.6 (17)
77th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,928 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Jennifer Cooper, MD

Abingdon, MD 21009

★★★★★ 4.6 (17)
61st MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,960 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Brook Brouha, MD

LA Jolla, CA 92037

★★★★★ 4.6 (25)
93rd CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (15,373 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Jason Whalen, MD

Bridgeville, PA 15017

★★★★★ 4.6 (17)
90th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,681 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kristin Witfill, MD

Port Richey, FL 34668

★★★★★ 4.6 (25)
99th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (16,619 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Laura Mcgevna, MD

South Burlington, VT 05403

★★★★★ 4.6 (25)
67th VT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,899 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.6 (21)
74th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,266 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$224 Cash

Dr. Fredric Brown, MD

Kingston, PA 18704

★★★★★ 4.6 (25)
22nd PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,408 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Angela Azar, MD

Great Neck, NY 11021

★★★★★ 4.6 (17)
95th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,805 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Sanjay Tomar, MD

Clayton, NC 27520

★★★★★ 4.6 (25)
10th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,057 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Thomas Smith, MD

Baltimore, MD 21237

★★★★★ 4.6 (16)
83rd MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,061 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Matthew Woods, MD

Gilbert, AZ 85295

★★★★★ 4.6 (16)
83rd AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (10,249 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$207 Cash

Dr. Sharon Horton, MD

Batavia, IL 60510

★★★★★ 4.6 (16)
95th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (14,879 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$218 Cash
★★★★★ 4.6 (24)
97th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (12,566 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Steven Mackey, MD

Alexander City, AL 35010

★★★★★ 4.6 (20)
67th AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,695 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Joseph Terracina, MD

Greenville, MS 38701

★★★★★ 4.6 (20)
90th MS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (14,957 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Snehal Desai, MD

Detroit, MI 48202

★★★★★ 4.6 (16)
88th MI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (5,875 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Shane O'neil, MD

Haverhill, MA 01830

★★★★★ 4.6 (24)
81st MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (5,186 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$224 Cash

Dr. James Allred, MD

Franklin, KY 42134

★★★★★ 4.6 (16)
78th KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,834 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kenneth Macknet, MD

Smyrna, TN 37167

★★★★★ 4.6 (24)
80th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,464 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$201 Cash

Dr. Olga Ulitsky, MD

Nokomis, FL 34275

★★★★★ 4.6 (16)
95th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,979 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Drew Taylor, MD

Denver, CO 80209

★★★★★ 4.6 (24)
91st CO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (9,198 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$213 Cash

Dr. Matthew Vasievich, MD

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

★★★★★ 4.6 (16)
79th MI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,451 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. David Nathan, MD

Avon, IN 46123

★★★★★ 4.6 (16)
74th IN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (7,275 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jennifer Zahniser, MD

New Castle, PA 16105

★★★★★ 4.6 (20)
80th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,651 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Christina Hardaway, MD

Port Orchard, WA 98366

★★★★★ 4.6 (24)
28th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,627 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$222 Cash

Dr. Scott Carrizales, MD

O Fallon, IL 62269

★★★★★ 4.6 (24)
85th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (7,739 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$218 Cash

Dr. Jigar Patel, MD

Kirkland, WA 98033

★★★★★ 4.6 (20)
86th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,389 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$222 Cash
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Walk Into Your 15-Minute Appointment With Exact Labs, CPT Codes & Opening Words

Clinicians interrupt patients after a median of 11 seconds (J Gen Intern Med, PMID 29972200). Select your appointment reason below to generate your 1-page script:

15-Minute Exam-Room Agenda • High-Volume Endocrinology

Hypothyroidism, Subclinical TSH Drift (2.5–8.0 mIU/L) or Thyroid Nodule

1. Your 10-Second Opening Script (Read Verbatim Before the 11-Second Interruption)

"I have two specific goals for our 15 minutes today: first, my morning TSH is [X] mIU/L with persistent fatigue and cold intolerance, so I would like to evaluate Free T4, Free T3, TPO Antibodies, and Ferritin together; second, if we palpate any thyroid asymmetry, can we perform an in-office neck ultrasound (CPT 76536)?"

2. In-Office Medicare CPT Procedures to Verify Before Booking
CPT 76536 In-Office High-Resolution Thyroid & Neck Ultrasound

Confirms the endocrinologist images thyroid nodules themselves rather than sending you to a hospital radiology department.

CPT 60100 Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration (FNA) Biopsy

Identifies structural thyroid specialists vs. general diabetes-only clinics.

3. Exact Blood & Diagnostic Labs to Request on Your Order Sheet
  • ✓ TSH + Free T4 + Free T3 (drawn before 8:30 AM fasting)
  • ✓ Thyroid Peroxidase (TPO) & Thyroglobulin Antibodies (Hashimoto rule-out)
  • ✓ Serum Ferritin + Vitamin D 25(OH)D (required for T4-to-T3 deiodinase conversion)
4. Day-1 Pre-Appointment Rule

Hold all Biotin (Vitamin B7) supplements for 72 hours before your blood draw so streptavidin assay interference does not create a false TSH/Free T4 reading.

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Large hospital networks often bill tens of thousands of automated lab draws or vaccination claims under a single department chair NPI. Our directory triage engine isolates individual practicing clinicians (300 to 4,500 Medicare beneficiaries/year) and requires a minimum 4.2-star verified Google patient consensus with at least 15 reviews for default showcase rankings.

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