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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. Sarah Jensen, MD

Festus, MO 63028

★★★★★ 4.8 (23)
29th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,979 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Christian Albornoz, MD

Chesterbrook, PA 19087

★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
39th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,031 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Rasheen Imtiaz, MD

Baytown, TX 77520

★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
88th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,998 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Mary Ruth Buchness, MD

Washington, NJ 07882

★★★★★ 4.8 (15)
7th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (859 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Richard Connors, MD

Greenwich, CT 06830

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
93rd CT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,329 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Richard Wyatt, MD

Amherst, MA 01002

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
93rd MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,986 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$224 Cash

Dr. Matthew Fanelli, MD

Fishersville, VA 22939

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
74th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,602 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jeffrey Reed, MD

Saint Louis, MO 63141

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
78th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,528 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Renee Glover, MD

Nags Head, NC 27959

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
90th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,055 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jennifer Kane, MD

Creve Coeur, MO 63141

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
30th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,020 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Sheryl Hoyer, MD

Grayslake, IL 60030

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
24th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,597 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$218 Cash

Dr. George Verghese, MD

Leonardtown, MD 20650

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
93rd MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,401 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Isadore Tarantino, MD

Saint Joseph, MO 64506

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
83rd MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,476 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Robert Aylesworth, MD

Rhinelander, WI 54501

★★★★★ 4.8 (17)
98th WI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (13,706 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (21)
94th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (11,226 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Robert Lehr, MD

Oklahoma City, OK 73112

★★★★★ 4.8 (21)
98th OK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (15,232 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Samantha Mcnail, MD

Farmington, MO 63640

★★★★★ 4.8 (21)
98th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (24,250 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jonathan Ungar, MD

New York, NY 10029

★★★★★ 4.8 (21)
96th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (16,039 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$239 Cash

Dr. Joshua Berlin, MD

Boynton Beach, FL 33437

★★★★★ 4.8 (17)
98th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (28,560 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$216 Cash

Dr. Suzanne Quinter, MD

St Marys, OH 45885

★★★★★ 4.8 (17)
53rd OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,787 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Rachelle Lacey, MD

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410

★★★★★ 4.8 (17)
92nd FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,861 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$216 Cash

Dr. Walter Whitworth, MD

Greensboro, NC 27405

★★★★★ 4.8 (17)
83rd NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,425 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Abby Vrable, MD

Fairlawn, OH 44333

★★★★★ 4.8 (21)
91st OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,734 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Garrett Vick, MD

Paris, TX 75460

★★★★★ 4.8 (17)
91st TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,928 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ashish Arshanapalli, MD

Mansfield, TX 76063

★★★★★ 4.8 (21)
86th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,671 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Janet Wieselthier, MD

Lyndhurst, OH 44124

★★★★★ 4.8 (17)
42nd OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,136 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Holly Hanson, MD

Eden Prairie, MN 55347

★★★★★ 4.8 (21)
19th MN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,260 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Zachary Cooper, MD

Sonora, CA 95370

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
95th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (18,448 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$239 Cash

Dr. Michael Noparstak, DO

Ellsworth, ME 04605

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
89th ME Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,559 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Aaron Wever, MD

Concord, NC 28025

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
83rd NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,301 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Michael Hohnadel, DO

Brownsville, TX 78520

★★★★★ 4.8 (16)
79th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,870 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Howard Fein, MD

Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274

★★★★★ 4.8 (16)
90th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (12,498 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$239 Cash

Dr. Michelle Jahnke, MD

Ravenna, OH 44266

★★★★★ 4.8 (24)
64th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,420 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (24)
56th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,800 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$232 Cash

Dr. Leilei Huffman, MD

Stafford, VA 22556

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
49th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,812 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Sarah Hocker, MD

Everett, PA 15537

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
88th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,973 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash
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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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