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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. Ningxin Zeng, MD

Kennewick, WA 99336

★★★★★ 4.8 (15)
67th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,902 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$222 Cash

Dr. Harvey Phillips, MD

Fernandina Beach, FL 32034

★★★★★ 4.8 (15)
56th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,556 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$216 Cash

Dr. Savio Reddymasu, MD

Gilbert, AZ 85295

★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
63rd AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,564 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$207 Cash

Dr. Ali Khan, MD

Little Rock, AR 72205

★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
41st AR Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,943 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Trevor Pearson, MD

Omaha, NE 68114

★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
85th NE Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (21,784 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Michael Fisher, DO

Madisonville, KY 42431

★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
79th KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,101 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jeffrey Young, MD

Overland Park, KS 66212

★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
84th KS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,901 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Brent Geissinger, MD

Virginia Beach, VA 23455

★★★★★ 4.8 (15)
50th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,177 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
38th ND Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,191 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Edward Coles, MD

San Marcos, TX 78666

★★★★★ 4.8 (15)
74th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,171 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Abhinav Sankineni, MD

Philadelphia, PA 19140

★★★★★ 4.8 (23)
34th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,158 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Peter Kobes, MD

Spartanburg, SC 29303

★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
39th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,182 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. James Bohning, MD

Doylestown, PA 18901

★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
64th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,118 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Thamer Kassim, MD

Omaha, NE 68131

★★★★★ 4.8 (23)
13th NE Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,316 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jonathan Myers, DO

Fresno, CA 93720

★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
51st CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,217 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$239 Cash

Dr. Sean Doran, DO

Liberty, MO 64068

★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
76th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,208 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Avantika Mishra, MD

Lakewood Ranch, FL 34240

★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
91st FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (8,091 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$216 Cash

Dr. Mark Young, MD

Johnson City, TN 37604

★★★★★ 4.8 (23)
88th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (8,174 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$201 Cash

Dr. Matthew Harrison, MD

Overland Park, KS 66212

★★★★★ 4.8 (23)
78th KS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,783 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (15)
51st TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,388 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$211 Cash

Dr. Victor Ankoma-Sey, MD

Houston, TX 77030

★★★★★ 4.8 (15)
70th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,700 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$212 Cash

Dr. Michael Johnson, MD

Little Rock, AR 72205

★★★★★ 4.8 (15)
95th AR Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (17,081 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Joseph Henderson, DO

Fayetteville, NC 28304

★★★★★ 4.8 (15)
48th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,011 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Scott Edison, MD

Camillus, NY 13031

★★★★★ 4.8 (15)
23rd NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (832 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$232 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (15)
33rd NV Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (910 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Christopher Deitch, MD

Mount Laurel, NJ 08054

★★★★★ 4.8 (15)
13th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (760 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Soonbok Woo, MD

Rockville, MD 20854

★★★★★ 4.8 (23)
38th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,129 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Scott Smukalla, MD

New York, NY 10022

★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
34th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (951 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$239 Cash

Dr. Phillip Bertram, MD

Cookeville, TN 38501

★★★★★ 4.8 (23)
1st TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (634 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$201 Cash

Dr. Julia Mcnabb-Baltar, MD

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
6th PA 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 Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Carol Morris, DO

Fort Myers, FL 33908

★★★★★ 4.8 (15)
5th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (680 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$216 Cash

Dr. Shreyas Saligram, MD

Hillsborough, NJ 08844

★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
92nd NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,535 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Atul Marathe, MD

Woodbridge, VA 22192

★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
98th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,714 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Milan Patel, MD

Richmond, VA 23298

★★★★★ 4.8 (23)
86th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (603 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$209 Cash

Dr. Alok Gupta, MD

Williamsville, NY 14221

★★★★★ 4.8 (15)
86th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,191 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Humana ~$232 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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