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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. David Judy, DO

Charleston, WV 25309

★★★★★ 4.5 (21)
56th WV Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,127 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.5 (25)
55th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,984 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$216 Cash

Dr. Hope Mitchell, MD

Perrysburg, OH 43551

★★★★★ 4.5 (25)
58th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,023 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.5 (25)
54th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,737 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$227 Cash

Dr. Edward Kitces, MD

Richmond, VA 23233

★★★★★ 4.5 (25)
53rd VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,155 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Rachel Champion, MD

Nashville, TN 37204

★★★★★ 4.5 (21)
44th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,844 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$202 Cash

Dr. Kristina Paley, MD

Cottonwood, AZ 86326

★★★★★ 4.5 (25)
52nd AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (5,105 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$207 Cash

Dr. Dena Howell, MD

Mobile, AL 36608

★★★★★ 4.5 (21)
69th AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (5,049 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ganary Dabiri, MD

Milford, MA 01757

★★★★★ 4.5 (21)
73rd MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,233 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$224 Cash

Dr. Christina Lawson, MD

Lancaster, PA 17601

★★★★★ 4.5 (17)
53rd PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,935 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Joellen Vanzander, MD

Menlo Park, CA 94025

★★★★★ 4.5 (21)
44th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,977 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$239 Cash

Dr. Rachel Delost, DO

Warren, OH 44484

★★★★★ 4.5 (25)
51st OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,641 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jill Javahery, MD

Long Beach, CA 90807

★★★★★ 4.5 (25)
75th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,632 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$239 Cash

Dr. Natalia Biles, MD

Millersville, MD 21108

★★★★★ 4.5 (21)
36th MD 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 Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Christopher Robb, MD

Spring Hill, TN 37174

★★★★★ 4.5 (17)
31st TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,132 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$201 Cash

Dr. Sacharitha Bowers, MD

Springfield, IL 62702

★★★★★ 4.5 (21)
29th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,823 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$218 Cash

Dr. Emily Grieshaber, MD

Covington, LA 70433

★★★★★ 4.5 (21)
67th LA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,830 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Craig Parson, DO

Las Vegas, NV 89166

★★★★★ 4.5 (21)
61st NV Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,669 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jonathan Baron, MD

Santa Ana, CA 92701

★★★★★ 4.5 (21)
59th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,323 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$239 Cash
★★★★★ 4.5 (21)
91st OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,871 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Leslie Stapp, DO

Great Falls, MT 59405

★★★★★ 4.5 (17)
33rd MT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,813 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Robert Rosenberg, MD

Fullerton, CA 92835

★★★★★ 4.5 (21)
33rd CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,250 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$239 Cash

Dr. Mayra Lorenzo, MD

Boston, MA 02114

★★★★★ 4.5 (17)
39th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,918 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$227 Cash
★★★★★ 4.5 (17)
34th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,377 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$239 Cash

Dr. Jarad Levin, MD

Oklahoma City, OK 73104

★★★★★ 4.5 (21)
25th OK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,237 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Susan Mata, MD

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410

★★★★★ 4.5 (21)
26th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,369 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$216 Cash

Dr. Elizabeth Gawey, MD

Oklahoma City, OK 73112

★★★★★ 4.5 (21)
33rd OK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,934 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Shaily Bhatnagar, MD

Raleigh, NC 27612

★★★★★ 4.5 (17)
54th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,347 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Bridget Shields, MD

Madison, WI 53715

★★★★★ 4.5 (25)
37th WI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,909 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Rita Pichardo, MD

Winston Salem, NC 27104

★★★★★ 4.5 (25)
8th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (978 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kevin Christensen, MD

Rochester, MN 55904

★★★★★ 4.5 (21)
28th MN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,427 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Richard Graham, MD

Oakland, CA 94609

★★★★★ 4.5 (21)
15th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,368 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$239 Cash

Dr. Inderjit Gill, MD

Sycamore, IL 60178

★★★★★ 4.5 (25)
23rd IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,514 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$218 Cash

Dr. Michelle Kerns, MD

Cleveland, OH 44195

★★★★★ 4.5 (17)
9th OH Pct

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

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.5 (25)
9th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,106 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$218 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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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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