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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. Stefan Doig, MD

Avon Park, FL 33825

★★★★★ 4.7 (20)
84th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (11,347 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Ronald Brancaccio, MD

Brooklyn, NY 11209

★★★★★ 4.7 (24)
99th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (7,804 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (24)
68th AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,743 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Brendan Camp, MD

New York, NY 10017

★★★★★ 4.7 (24)
98th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (5,950 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Gregg Colle, MD

Orangeburg, SC 29118

★★★★★ 4.7 (24)
92nd SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,352 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Renee Lucero, DO

Carmel, CA 93923

★★★★★ 4.7 (24)
51st CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,643 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Christopher Gasbarre, DO

Spearfish, SD 57783

★★★★★ 4.7 (20)
20th SD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,287 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Karen Harkaway, MD

Delran, NJ 08075

★★★★★ 4.7 (20)
17th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,373 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Laura Schaeffer, DO

Pataskala, OH 43062

★★★★★ 4.7 (16)
64th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,363 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Oren Lifshitz, MD

West Palm Beach, FL 33410

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
94th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (17,621 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. James Poulton, MD

Baltimore, MD 21237

★★★★★ 4.6 (15)
84th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,078 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Harry Saperstein, MD

Beverly Hills, CA 90211

★★★★★ 4.6 (15)
98th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (35,347 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Jeffrey Gunter, MD

Lancaster, CA 93534

★★★★★ 4.6 (19)
81st CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,006 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Anna Kurayev, MD

Boston, MA 02116

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
96th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (5,040 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$227 Cash

Dr. Abraham Abittan, MD

Woodmere, NY 11598

★★★★★ 4.6 (15)
99th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (79,855 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash
★★★★★ 4.6 (19)
99th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (33,970 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Ann Martin, MD

Saint Louis, MO 63141

★★★★★ 4.6 (19)
95th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (16,774 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Tejas Desai, DO

Houston, TX 77008

★★★★★ 4.6 (19)
98th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (17,466 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$212 Cash

Dr. Margaret Ravits, MD

River Edge, NJ 07661

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
34th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,133 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. David Horowitz, MD

Nashville, TN 37203

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
90th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (9,644 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$202 Cash

Dr. Bruce Heller, MD

New York, NY 10019

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
87th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (7,124 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Allison Linquist, MD

Pasadena, MD 21122

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
55th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,185 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. David Elpern, MD

Williamstown, MA 01267

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
25th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,472 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$224 Cash

Dr. Jason Green, DO

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

★★★★★ 4.6 (15)
99th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (36,204 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Daniel Flood, MD

Travis Afb, CA 94535

★★★★★ 4.6 (19)
25th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,880 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Jennifer Gamber, MD

Annapolis, MD 21401

★★★★★ 4.6 (26)
97th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (15,427 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Christ Ticoras, MD

Mansfield, OH 44906

★★★★★ 4.6 (22)
97th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (12,963 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Bruce Glassman, MD

Alexandria, VA 22304

★★★★★ 4.6 (18)
84th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,464 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Mark Thieberg, MD

Plano, TX 75093

★★★★★ 4.6 (22)
86th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,829 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Noah Gratch, MD

New York, NY 10017

★★★★★ 4.6 (22)
90th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,126 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Walter Williams, MD

Clarkston, WA 99403

★★★★★ 4.6 (26)
76th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,538 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$222 Cash

Dr. Sadra Jazayeri, MD

Phoenix, AZ 85032

★★★★★ 4.6 (26)
97th AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (20,442 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$207 Cash

Dr. Dean Goodless, MD

Celebration, FL 34747

★★★★★ 4.6 (26)
45th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,824 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Daniel Diblasi, DO

Fort Hood, TX 76544

★★★★★ 4.6 (18)
52nd TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,163 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Joseph Simodynes, MD

Thornton, CO 80260

★★★★★ 4.6 (26)
73rd CO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (5,593 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$211 Cash

Dr. Christine Markus, MD

Stillwater, MN 55082

★★★★★ 4.6 (22)
76th MN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,215 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 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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