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Family Practice Doctors Who Perform the Procedure You Need—and Take Your Insurance.

Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396), acute outpatient procedures, joint injections, dermatologic cryotherapy, and whole-family longitudinal care. Filter by your insurance carrier, state, or procedure below.

4. Complete Physician Directory

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Dr. Tony Bullon, MD

Decatur, GA 30033

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
4th GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (679 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Scott Scoggins, MD

Fort Myers, FL 33908

★★★★★ 4.8 (16)
51st FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,722 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$216 Cash

Dr. Ryan Barlow, DO

Downey, CA 90242

★★★★★ 4.8 (24)
41st CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,166 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$239 Cash

Dr. John Daniel, MD

Puyallup, WA 98372

★★★★★ 4.8 (16)
58th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,376 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$222 Cash

Dr. Catherine Nelson, DO

Decorah, IA 52101

★★★★★ 4.8 (16)
91st IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (8,587 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Eva Laukhuf, MD

Bradenton, FL 34209

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
77th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,599 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$216 Cash

Dr. Christopher Luke, MD

White Plains, NY 10604

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
36th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,109 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$232 Cash

Dr. April Kurkowski, DO

Traverse City, MI 49684

★★★★★ 4.8 (24)
38th MI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,078 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (16)
48th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,254 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Joseph Etienne, MD

Atlantis, FL 33462

★★★★★ 4.8 (24)
54th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,861 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$216 Cash

Dr. Onaopemipo Ajiboye, MD

Fort Worth, TX 76104

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
52nd TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,640 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Guy Van Der Werf, MD

Estes Park, CO 80517

★★★★★ 4.8 (16)
98th CO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (10,221 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$211 Cash

Dr. Jack Miller, MD

Clemson, SC 29631

★★★★★ 4.8 (16)
67th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,079 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jaime Ligot, MD

Newark, NJ 07102

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
62nd NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,634 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
44th ND Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,329 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Mckenzie Brekken, DO

Clear Lake, IA 50428

★★★★★ 4.8 (16)
50th IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,097 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jeffrey Trost, MD

Quarryville, PA 17566

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
85th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,838 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Julius Debroeck, MD

Cypress, TX 77429

★★★★★ 4.8 (16)
76th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,091 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Johnnie Carter, MD

Athens, TN 37303

★★★★★ 4.8 (16)
57th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,899 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$201 Cash

Dr. Wenguang Zhao, MD

San Francisco, CA 94108

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
68th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,137 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$250 Cash

Dr. Bruce Cassidy, DO

Farmington Hills, MI 48336

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
60th MI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,568 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Paul Nielsen, MD

Wooster, OH 44691

★★★★★ 4.8 (16)
80th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,305 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ramesh Peramsetty, MD

Tuscaloosa, AL 35404

★★★★★ 4.8 (16)
65th AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,924 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Harinder Gill, MD

Fresno, CA 93720

★★★★★ 4.8 (24)
49th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,387 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$239 Cash

Dr. Courtney Herring, NP

New Bern, NC 28560

★★★★★ 4.8 (24)
99th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,802 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Mark Canty, MD

Sparks, NV 89431

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
31st NV Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (992 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Roberto Pabalate, MD

Forsyth, IL 62535

★★★★★ 4.8 (16)
62nd IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,714 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$218 Cash

Dr. Guru Medam, MD

Hendersonville, TN 37075

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
52nd TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,529 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$201 Cash

Dr. Michael Myers, MD

Lincoln, NE 68506

★★★★★ 4.8 (24)
31st NE Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,741 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Roy Miller, MD

Elma, WA 98541

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
80th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (479 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$222 Cash

Dr. Phillip Johnson, MD

Floyds Knobs, IN 47119

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
98th IN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (12,904 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Michelle Menard, MD

New Iberia, LA 70560

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
74th LA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,013 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Robert Mcalister, MD

Anchorage, AK 99508

★★★★★ 4.8 (16)
59th AK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,394 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Nelson Dalla Tor, MD

Whittier, CA 90606

★★★★★ 4.8 (24)
97th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (15,030 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$239 Cash

Dr. Melissa Baylor, DO

Dover, PA 17315

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
87th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,020 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Lilian Tsao, MD

Alameda, CA 94501

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
54th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,536 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$239 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.

How does the GreatDoc™ Star Rating separate bedside manner from front-desk billing complaints?

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.