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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. Craig Naugle, MD

Springfield, MO 65804

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
19th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,432 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Sean Marzolf, MD

Lexington, KY 40509

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
15th KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,441 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Phyllis Smith, MD

Huntington, NY 11743

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
63rd NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,213 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Allison Gordon, MD

New York, NY 10021

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
19th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,179 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Spencer Hawkins, MD

Marietta, GA 30067

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
15th GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,505 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Naomi Brooks, MD

Meridian, ID 83642

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
52nd ID Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,157 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Karen Nishimura, MD

Roseville, CA 95661

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
45th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,088 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Andrew Pitt, MD

Lake Oswego, OR 97035

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
73rd OR Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,998 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Lorena Dollani, MD

Mc Lean, VA 22101

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
43rd VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,442 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Lacey Walls, DO

Concord, NC 28025

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
40th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,425 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kimberly Hull, DO

Coral Springs, FL 33065

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
24th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,201 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Terry Farsani, MD

Mountain View, CA 94040

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
42nd CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,910 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Joseph Prohaska, DO

Morristown, TN 37813

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
40th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,667 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$201 Cash

Dr. Britt Deruyter, MD

Des Moines, IA 50314

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
26th IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,010 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Erika Reid, MD

Edina, MN 55435

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
72nd MN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,052 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kristin Magee, MD

Duluth, GA 30097

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
22nd GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,784 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kevin Liu, DO

Allentown, PA 18103

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
12th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,053 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Nehal Shah, DO

Alexandria, VA 22311

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
30th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,598 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
14th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,225 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$218 Cash

Dr. Kirk Ecklund, MD

Yakima, WA 98902

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
8th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (932 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$222 Cash

Dr. Douglas Robins, MD

Jacksonville, FL 32204

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
35th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,015 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$216 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
25th HI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,552 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Lavonne Meadows, MD

Loma Linda, CA 92354

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
35th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,394 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Stephanie Dietz, MD

Pittsburgh, PA 15238

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
77th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,103 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Lauren Adams, MD

Mount Kisco, NY 10549

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
62nd NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,148 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$232 Cash

Dr. James Landero, DO

Abilene, TX 79601

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
40th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,453 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Brett Shulman, MD

Rochester, NY 14625

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
14th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,035 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Sarah Taylor, MD

Winston Salem, NC 27104

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
13th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,215 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Insley Puma Flaig, MD

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
13th CO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,369 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$211 Cash

Dr. Julia Kasprzak, MD

Wauwatosa, WI 53226

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
14th WI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,147 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Sara Samimi, MD

Philadelphia, PA 19104

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
22nd PA 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 Cigna ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (17)
99th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (21,488 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Russell Kelley, MD

Hutchinson, KS 67502

★★★★★ 4.7 (17)
91st KS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (15,117 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Lloyd Cleaver, DO

Kirksville, MO 63501

★★★★★ 4.7 (21)
96th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (17,363 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Alexander Gross, MD

Cumming, GA 30041

★★★★★ 4.7 (17)
78th GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (7,137 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Allison Cashman, MD

Columbia, SC 29204

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
76th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (10,870 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$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.

Patient Triage & Insurance Verification Guide

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.

How does dotMD prevent health-system lab rollups and low-rated clinics from skewing Page 1?

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?

Every flagship physician profile on dotMD includes an interactive Insurance Network & Cash-Rate Checker covering Original Medicare Part B, Medicare Advantage, BlueCross BlueShield, Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, and regional PPO/HMO plans—plus the exact CMS geo-adjusted CPT 99204 self-pay cash rate ($195–$260) and 3-question script to verify network participation with the billing desk.