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

Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385), upper GI endoscopy / EGD for GERD & Barrett’s (CPT 43239), and FibroScan liver elastography (CPT 91200). Filter by your insurance carrier, state, or procedure below.

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Dr. Donald Martin, MD

Overland Park, KS 66212

★★★★★ 4.6 (15)
86th KS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,531 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Neil Crittenden, MD

Oklahoma City, OK 73112

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
67th OK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,827 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Anirudh Masand-Rai, MD

Wyomissing, PA 19610

★★★★★ 4.6 (15)
77th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,570 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Austin Nelson, MD

Anchorage, AK 99508

★★★★★ 4.6 (15)
9th AK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,114 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Matthew Struttmann, MD

Columbia, MO 65201

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
77th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,317 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Gavin Harewood, MD

Vero Beach, FL 32960

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
28th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (988 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Nicole Albert, DO

Malvern, PA 19355

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
68th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,392 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Andrew Gorske, MD

Keene, NH 03431

★★★★★ 4.6 (15)
8th NH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (686 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ramon Colina, MD

Sarasota, FL 34232

★★★★★ 4.6 (15)
7th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (702 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Keith Sultan, MD

Manhasset, NY 11030

★★★★★ 4.6 (15)
26th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (859 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. Geetanjali Akerkar, MD

Chelmsford, MA 01824

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
70th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,443 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$224 Cash

Dr. Karel Rybnicek, MD

Shelby, NC 28150

★★★★★ 4.6 (15)
7th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (703 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Hassan Zulfiqar, MD

Port Orange, FL 32127

★★★★★ 4.6 (15)
15th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (794 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Aristotle Mendiola, MD

San Francisco, CA 94115

★★★★★ 4.6 (15)
10th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (730 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$250 Cash

Dr. James O'mailia, MD

Fort Myers, FL 33907

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
63rd FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,846 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash
★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
4th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (666 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kathryn Swanson, MD

Monterey, CA 93940

★★★★★ 4.6 (19)
87th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (589 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Michael Harris, DO

Pueblo, CO 81003

★★★★★ 4.6 (19)
13th CO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (682 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$211 Cash

Dr. Jessica Fisher, MD

Asheville, NC 28803

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
60th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,264 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Raza Hamdani, MD

Aurora, IL 60506

★★★★★ 4.6 (19)
10th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (737 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$218 Cash
★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
68th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,367 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Natasha Von Roenn, MD

Maywood, IL 60153

★★★★★ 4.6 (15)
4th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (677 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$218 Cash

Dr. Gerard Mullin, MD

Baltimore, MD 21287

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
64th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (460 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Mark Wegmann, MD

Metairie, LA 70006

★★★★★ 4.6 (19)
56th LA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,241 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Vineet Korrapati, MD

Salisbury, NC 28144

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
51st NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,505 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Gerald Arbour, MD

Baton Rouge, LA 70808

★★★★★ 4.6 (15)
70th LA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,702 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Evgeny Idrisov, MD

Sarasota, FL 34239

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
21st FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (901 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Kenneth Park, MD

West Hollywood, CA 90048

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
31st CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (931 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Ravish Mahajan, MD

Lafayette, IN 47905

★★★★★ 4.6 (15)
88th IN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (568 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Brett Thorpe, MD

Provo, UT 84604

★★★★★ 4.6 (19)
15th UT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (777 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Laura Vance, DO

Omaha, NE 68198

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
66th NE Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (12,739 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Annette Tobar, MD

Nashua, NH 03060

★★★★★ 4.6 (15)
75th NH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (630 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Shadi Hamdeh, MD

Kansas City, KS 66160

★★★★★ 4.6 (19)
81st KS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (556 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Koushik Das, MD

Saint Louis, MO 63129

★★★★★ 4.6 (19)
75th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (632 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Parvez Mantry, MD

Dallas, TX 75203

★★★★★ 4.6 (19)
10th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (705 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$211 Cash

Dr. Anastasia Waechter, MD

Sacramento, CA 95817

★★★★★ 4.6 (23)
81st CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,195 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash
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"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)?"

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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.

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  • ✓ Thyroid Peroxidase (TPO) & Thyroglobulin Antibodies (Hashimoto rule-out)
  • ✓ Serum Ferritin + Vitamin D 25(OH)D (required for T4-to-T3 deiodinase conversion)
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