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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. Jane Lindholm, MD

Fridley, MN 55432

★★★★★ 4.9 (17)
74th MN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,128 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Lee Yarbrough, MD

Mt Pleasant, SC 29464

★★★★★ 4.9 (21)
86th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (12,847 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Paetra Ruddy, MD

Poulsbo, WA 98370

★★★★★ 4.9 (21)
95th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (9,342 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$222 Cash

Dr. Hadas Skupsky, MD

Long Beach, CA 90808

★★★★★ 4.9 (17)
79th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (7,592 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$239 Cash
★★★★★ 4.9 (17)
51st OK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,213 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Beth Buscher, MD

Newtown, CT 06470

★★★★★ 4.9 (21)
90th CT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,412 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Linda Wang, MD

Lutherville, MD 21093

★★★★★ 4.9 (17)
79th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (7,520 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Herbert Allen, MD

Philadelphia, PA 19107

★★★★★ 4.9 (21)
63rd PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,652 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Lindsey Bordone, MD

New York, NY 10019

★★★★★ 4.9 (21)
66th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,441 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$239 Cash

Dr. Kimberly Ruhl, MD

West Orange, NJ 07052

★★★★★ 4.9 (17)
56th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,384 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. John Evans, MD

Huntsville, AL 35802

★★★★★ 4.9 (21)
92nd AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (9,387 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Adam Brys, MD

Concord, MA 01742

★★★★★ 4.9 (21)
87th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,553 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$224 Cash

Dr. Timothy Salmon, MD

Sun City, AZ 85351

★★★★★ 4.9 (21)
50th AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,951 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$207 Cash

Dr. Vikas Patel, MD

Urbana, IL 61801

★★★★★ 4.9 (21)
93rd IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (10,861 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$218 Cash

Dr. Caleb Hixson, DO

Houston, TX 77030

★★★★★ 4.9 (17)
50th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,038 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$212 Cash

Dr. Holly Hazlett, MD

The Woodlands, TX 77380

★★★★★ 4.9 (17)
58th TX 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 Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Martin Zaiac, MD

Miami Beach, FL 33140

★★★★★ 4.9 (21)
67th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,943 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$216 Cash

Dr. Naomi Simon, MD

Mooresville, NC 28117

★★★★★ 4.9 (17)
72nd NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,846 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Athena Kaporis, MD

Mount Kisco, NY 10549

★★★★★ 4.9 (21)
89th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (7,545 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$232 Cash

Dr. Kelli Bryant, MD

Wellington, FL 33414

★★★★★ 4.9 (17)
46th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,928 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$216 Cash
★★★★★ 4.9 (17)
67th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,596 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$218 Cash

Dr. Gregg Wilentz, DO

Weston, FL 33326

★★★★★ 4.9 (17)
64th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,477 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$216 Cash

Dr. Kristen Townley, MD

Missoula, MT 59804

★★★★★ 4.9 (17)
47th MT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,286 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Hamza Bhatti, DO

New York, NY 10019

★★★★★ 4.9 (21)
56th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,813 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$239 Cash

Dr. Laura Cleary, MD

Chattanooga, TN 37402

★★★★★ 4.9 (21)
72nd TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (5,045 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$201 Cash

Dr. Kelly Burkert, MD

Media, PA 19063

★★★★★ 4.9 (21)
64th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,778 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Julie Schloemer, MD

Findlay, OH 45840

★★★★★ 4.9 (17)
46th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,427 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Daniel Baird, MD

Spokane, WA 99218

★★★★★ 4.9 (21)
72nd WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,011 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$222 Cash

Dr. Sally Booth, MD

Zionsville, IN 46077

★★★★★ 4.9 (21)
83rd IN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (9,004 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Katie Homan, MD

Round Rock, TX 78665

★★★★★ 4.9 (17)
47th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,840 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.9 (17)
93rd NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (10,255 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$232 Cash

Dr. Lydia Turnbull, MD

Woodbury, MN 55125

★★★★★ 4.9 (21)
89th MN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,268 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Anne Tuveson, MD

Garland, TX 75043

★★★★★ 4.9 (17)
63rd TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,300 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Marissa Heller, MD

New York, NY 10016

★★★★★ 4.9 (17)
44th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,054 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$239 Cash

Dr. Shawn Peffall, MD

Baltimore, MD 21236

★★★★★ 4.9 (21)
27th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,865 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Chau Nguyen, MD

Huntington, NY 11743

★★★★★ 4.9 (17)
95th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (11,125 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$232 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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