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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. Matthew Abele, MD

Birmingham, AL 35205

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
60th AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,104 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. William Gilmore, MD

Beaumont, TX 77701

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
79th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,991 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Valencia Thomas, MD

Houston, TX 77030

★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
49th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,942 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$212 Cash

Dr. Ronald Berne, MD

Chicago, IL 60707

★★★★★ 4.9 (16)
43rd IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,603 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$222 Cash

Dr. Michael Montuno, MD

Zephyrhills, FL 33542

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
37th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,199 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Robert Sage, MD

Rapid City, SD 57701

★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
70th SD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,536 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Bryan Anderson, MD

Hershey, PA 17033

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
24th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,455 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Wennie Liao, MD

Los Gatos, CA 95030

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
52nd CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,680 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Wilfred Lumbang, MD

Bowling Green, KY 42103

★★★★★ 4.9 (16)
33rd KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,095 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. David Denenholz, MD

Pasadena, CA 91106

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
56th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,059 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Rebecca Stigall, MD

Wilmington, NC 28401

★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
79th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (5,663 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Sherri Peace, MD

Los Angeles, CA 90045

★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
30th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,131 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$231 Cash

Dr. Christine Brown, MD

Dallas, TX 75246

★★★★★ 4.9 (16)
68th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,846 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$211 Cash

Dr. Cameron West, MD

Wichita, KS 67206

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
11th KS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,337 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Joanna Badger, MD

Stanford, CA 94305

★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
25th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,888 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash
★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
36th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,260 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Tracey Newlove, MD

Tucson, AZ 85710

★★★★★ 4.9 (16)
31st AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,969 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$207 Cash

Dr. Marina Bravin, MD

Cooperstown, NY 13326

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
55th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,731 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. H. Eliot Y. Ghatan, MD

Brooklyn, NY 11230

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
94th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (11,020 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Brian Matthys, DO

Riverside, MO 64150

★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
68th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,959 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Alexa Stecker, DO

Concord Township, OH 44077

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
61st OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,189 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Michelle Muhart, MD

Atlantis, FL 33461

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
76th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,872 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Renee Siegmann, MD

Sioux Falls, SD 57105

★★★★★ 4.9 (16)
37th SD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,971 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Susan Roper, MD

Clearwater, FL 33763

★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
54th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,879 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Angela Macri, MD

Aventura, FL 33180

★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
94th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,744 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Amy Farmer, MD

The Woodlands, TX 77380

★★★★★ 4.9 (16)
47th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,877 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jennifer Chiang, MD

El Cajon, CA 92020

★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
51st CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,640 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Rhonda Rogers, MD

Carrollton, GA 30117

★★★★★ 4.9 (16)
27th GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,073 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Lark Guss, MD

Spokane, WA 99202

★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
31st WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,703 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$222 Cash

Dr. Kevin Pennycook, DO

Fort Myers, FL 33905

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
13th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,382 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Heather Haley, MD

Fairhope, AL 36532

★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
46th AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,112 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Julia Benedetti, MD

Burlington, MA 01803

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
12th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,042 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$224 Cash

Dr. Clay Cockerell, MD

Dallas, TX 75235

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
68th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (550 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$211 Cash

Dr. Kristen Aloupis, DO

Jupiter, FL 33477

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
35th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,032 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Douglas Miller, MD

Fort Worth, TX 76104

★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
12th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,285 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Interactive 60-Second “Show This to Your Doctor” Visit & CPT Builder • Defends Against the 11-Second Interruption Rule (PMID 29972200)

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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Frequently Asked Questions: Choosing a Specialist by CPT Volume & Insurance Network

Why does CMS Medicare Part B procedure volume matter when choosing a specialist?

General directory listings show what a doctor claims to treat, whereas federal CMS Medicare Part B claims reveal what they actually perform every week. For example, seeing an endocrinologist who performs 400+ in-office thyroid neck ultrasounds (CPT 76536) per year or a gastroenterologist in the top decile for adenoma detection colonoscopy (CPT 45385) prevents unnecessary outside imaging referrals and repeat appointments.

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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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The GreatDoc™ rating—calculated by the Proprietary DotMD™ J3 Model—audits patient reviews across clinical diagnostic accuracy, unhurried listening, and procedure skill while flagging administrative friction points (such as $250 annual clinic fees, parking validation costs, or phone hold times) so you know exactly what to expect before walking into the waiting room.

How do I verify if a doctor takes my specific PPO, HMO, or Medicare plan?

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