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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. Alison Treister, MD

Chicago, IL 60605

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
84th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,758 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$222 Cash

Dr. Brian Simmons, MD

Lebanon, NH 03766

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
72nd NH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (5,058 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Amy Ananth, MD

Foley, AL 36535

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
89th AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,480 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kent Walker, MD

Ottumwa, IA 52501

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
64th IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,856 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Shelley Ray, MD

Oxford, AL 36203

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
66th AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,496 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Marvin Tankel, MD

Lynbrook, NY 11563

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
63rd NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,209 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. Dana Holcomb, MD

Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
48th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,337 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Anne Nikle, MD

Blaine, MN 55434

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
32nd MN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,502 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Nathaniel Cevasco, MD

Broadview Hts, OH 44147

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
91st OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,743 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Terri Henson, MD

Southaven, MS 38671

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
77th MS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (10,891 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. John Croke, MD

Boston, MA 02118

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
94th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (11,608 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$227 Cash

Dr. Logan Debord, MD

Frisco, CO 80443

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
90th CO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,670 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$211 Cash

Dr. Carolyn Carroll, MD

Clinton, CT 06413

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
48th CT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,908 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Caroline Kim, MD

Boston, MA 02115

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
77th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,609 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$227 Cash

Dr. Blas Reyes, MD

Miami, FL 33173

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
39th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,354 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$227 Cash

Dr. Meriner Pereira, MD

Muscatine, IA 52761

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
82nd IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,997 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Christian Jones, MD

Turlock, CA 95382

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
71st CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (5,988 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
54th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,720 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. Benjamin Cohen, MD

Long Branch, NJ 07740

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
90th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,373 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Leslie Marshall, DO

West Plains, MO 65775

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
40th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,804 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Heidi Mullen, DO

Exeter, NH 03833

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
95th NH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (12,917 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
96th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,482 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. Michael Rader, MD

Elk City, OK 73644

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
72nd OK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,079 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
30th GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,279 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jeffrey Crowley, MD

Bakersfield, CA 93309

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
99th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (39,958 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Luke Hyder, MD

Pensacola, FL 32503

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
67th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,957 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Daria Kemp, MD

Bensalem, PA 19020

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
81st PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,027 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
54th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,189 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Shelley Yang, MD

Concord, MA 01742

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
66th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,678 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$224 Cash

Dr. Jeremy Cook, MD

Woodbury, MN 55125

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
92nd MN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (5,042 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Elaine Miller, DO

Weatherford, TX 76086

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
93rd TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (12,070 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Deborah Goddard, MD

Marlborough, MA 01752

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
62nd MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,329 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$224 Cash

Dr. Clayton Hinshaw, MD

Simi Valley, CA 93065

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
78th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (7,579 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Louise Kaufmann, MD

Great Neck, NY 11023

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
58th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,921 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. Jeffrey Klein, MD

San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
81st CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,063 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Erika Music, MD

Lexington, KY 40504

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
35th KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,106 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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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.

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