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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. James Wharton, MD

Lexington, KY 40504

★★★★★ 4.7 (15)
88th KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (10,622 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Barbara Cortez, DO

Centerville, OH 45459

★★★★★ 4.7 (23)
89th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (7,597 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Cedar Malone, MD

Watkinsville, GA 30677

★★★★★ 4.7 (19)
51st GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,532 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Helen Flamenbaum, MD

New Hyde Park, NY 11042

★★★★★ 4.7 (15)
78th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,973 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. Ana Marie Liolios, MD

Saint Joseph, MO 64506

★★★★★ 4.7 (23)
61st MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,126 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Adrian Connolly, MD

West Orange, NJ 07052

★★★★★ 4.7 (19)
69th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,316 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Farah Awadalla, MD

Mission Viejo, CA 92691

★★★★★ 4.7 (15)
85th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (9,461 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Casey Watkins, MD

Kingsport, TN 37660

★★★★★ 4.7 (23)
67th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,854 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$201 Cash

Dr. Bridget Bryer, MD

Charlottesville, VA 22908

★★★★★ 4.7 (15)
56th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,422 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Robert Lee, MD

Santa Rosa, CA 95403

★★★★★ 4.7 (23)
48th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,319 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Filomena Scola, DO

Limerick, PA 19468

★★★★★ 4.7 (15)
53rd PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,846 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Marguerite Sullivan, MD

Wellesley Hills, MA 02481

★★★★★ 4.7 (23)
78th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,819 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$224 Cash

Dr. Joseph Duvall, MD

St Louis, MO 63104

★★★★★ 4.7 (23)
39th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,756 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Laura Myers, MD

Ankeny, IA 50023

★★★★★ 4.7 (23)
52nd IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,066 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kevin Fuciarelli, MD

Scottsdale, AZ 85255

★★★★★ 4.7 (15)
51st AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (5,008 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$210 Cash

Dr. Charles Taylor, MD

Boston, MA 02114

★★★★★ 4.7 (15)
73rd MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,244 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$227 Cash

Dr. Andrew Breithaupt, MD

Los Angeles, CA 90095

★★★★★ 4.7 (15)
72nd CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (5,990 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$231 Cash

Dr. Kristen Stephen, MD

Wexford, PA 15090

★★★★★ 4.7 (19)
64th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,745 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Sarah Cash, MD

Arden, NC 28704

★★★★★ 4.7 (19)
56th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,465 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ankit Gor, MD

Burlington, VT 05401

★★★★★ 4.7 (19)
67th VT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,715 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Deborah Marble, MD

Madison, WI 53717

★★★★★ 4.7 (23)
50th WI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,315 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Holly Hake-Harris, MD

South Bend, IN 46617

★★★★★ 4.7 (19)
57th IN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,305 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Barbara Goldstein, MD

Coral Springs, FL 33065

★★★★★ 4.7 (19)
28th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,433 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Mark Correa, MD

Austin, TX 78745

★★★★★ 4.7 (15)
61st TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,117 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$211 Cash

Dr. Adrian Rodriguez, MD

Nashville, TN 37212

★★★★★ 4.7 (15)
58th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,103 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$202 Cash

Dr. Michele Lokitz, MD

Raleigh, NC 27612

★★★★★ 4.7 (23)
53rd NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,240 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ryan Thorpe, MD

Meridian, ID 83642

★★★★★ 4.7 (19)
50th ID Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,776 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Carol Alonso, MD

Westminster, CO 80234

★★★★★ 4.7 (15)
57th CO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,734 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$211 Cash

Dr. David Shriner, MD

San Antonio, TX 78258

★★★★★ 4.7 (15)
40th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,456 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Scott Deckelbaum, DO

Concord, NH 03301

★★★★★ 4.7 (23)
51st NH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,352 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jessica Simon, MD

East Windsor, NJ 08520

★★★★★ 4.7 (19)
43rd NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,657 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Josh Hammel, MD

Roswell, GA 30076

★★★★★ 4.7 (15)
27th GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,169 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Timothy Dang, MD

San Diego, CA 92103

★★★★★ 4.7 (23)
34th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,337 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Hyuk Cha, MD

Ypsilanti, MI 48197

★★★★★ 4.7 (15)
81st MI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,817 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jessica Patterson, MD

Morgantown, WV 26501

★★★★★ 4.7 (23)
32nd WV Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,943 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Marjorie Gwynn, MD

Glen Burnie, MD 21061

★★★★★ 4.7 (19)
35th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,391 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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