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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. Alexander Means, MD

Oshkosh, WI 54901

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
41st WI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,008 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Helen D'sa, DO

Sterling Heights, MI 48314

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
67th MI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,394 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Abdel Kader Tal, MD

Perrysburg, OH 43551

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
54th OH 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. Hyunje Cho, MD

Stanford, CA 94305

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
29th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,076 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Marion Buchsbaum, MD

Lexington, MA 02420

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
42nd MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,029 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$224 Cash

Dr. Jon Meine, MD

Cleveland, OH 44195

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
23rd OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,415 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kelsey Hirotsu, MD

Stanford, CA 94305

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
34th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,359 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Jacqueline Mckesey, MD

Chula Vista, CA 91910

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
99th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,504 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Mariana Phillips, MD

Roanoke, VA 24016

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
18th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,696 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jennifer Ledon, MD

Fullerton, CA 92835

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
97th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,074 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Rola Gharib, MD

Morgantown, WV 26505

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
29th WV Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,873 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ashlee Culver, MD

Bozeman, MT 59718

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
36th MT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,067 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Arta Farshidi, MD

Newport Beach, CA 92663

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
89th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (11,432 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Thomas Trischman, MD

Rochester, MN 55905

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
57th MN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,390 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Monica Janeczek, MD

Lake Bluff, IL 60044

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
28th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,810 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$218 Cash

Dr. Cole Fulwider, MD

Los Alamitos, CA 90720

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
32nd CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,217 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Joshua Zeichner, MD

New York, NY 10029

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
43rd NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,028 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Emily Boozalis, MD

Meridian, ID 83642

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
35th ID Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,324 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Christopher Wilbers, MD

Springfield, MO 65807

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
41st MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,828 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Keith Olsen, MD

Beaverton, OR 97005

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
37th OR Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,978 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Drew Kurtzman, MD

Highland Heights, KY 41076

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
18th KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,768 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Eric Adelman, DO

Georgetown, TX 78633

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
49th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,934 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Lindsey Goddard, MD

Wausau, WI 54401

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
11th WI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,007 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Robert Kantor, MD

Clifton, NJ 07013

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
28th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,846 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jason Martin, MD

Crestview Hills, KY 41017

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
23rd KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,288 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Magaly Del Monaco, DO

Yardley, PA 08057

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
26th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,486 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Artem Sergeyenko, MD

Orland Park, IL 60467

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
21st IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,471 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$218 Cash

Dr. Hana Paladichuk, MD

Great Falls, MT 59405

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
25th MT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,593 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ada Winkielman, MD

Tarzana, CA 91356

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
28th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,040 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash
★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
22nd OK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,088 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Stephanie Lai, MD

Auburn, AL 36830

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
49th AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,366 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Rachael Hartman, MD

Florham Park, NJ 07932

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
22nd NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,528 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
19th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,670 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Basheer Badiei, MD

Vancouver, WA 98684

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
9th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (993 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$222 Cash

Dr. Teri Greiling, MD

Portland, OR 97239

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
8th OR Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,030 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Amy Xu, MD

Chicago, IL 60637

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
81st IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (976 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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