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

Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134), cataract phacoemulsification with IOL (CPT 66984), glaucoma tonometry, and intravitreal injections (CPT 67028). Filter by your insurance carrier, state, or procedure below.

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Dr. Alain Bauza, MD

Freehold, NJ 07728

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
37th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,342 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Thomas Ashley, MD

Topeka, KS 66606

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
2nd KS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (824 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Sarah Xu, MD

Waipahu, HI 96797

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
45th HI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,416 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Adam Clarke, MD

Columbia, MO 65203

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
92nd MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,371 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Julia Shatten, MD

Anchorage, AK 99501

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
20th AK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,475 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kateki Vinod, MD

New York, NY 10003

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
40th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,177 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Mark Bearman, MD

Birmingham, AL 35235

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
11th AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,134 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Vincent Baldassano, MD

Danville, PA 17822

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
16th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,128 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ingrid Scott, MD

Hershey, PA 17033

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
27th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,533 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Mary Louise Collins, MD

Baltimore, MD 21204

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
73rd MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (538 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. John Shin, MD

San Rafael, CA 94901

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
72nd CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,460 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
60th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,597 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$218 Cash

Dr. John Johnson, MD

Brevard, NC 28712

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
84th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (12,566 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Latif Hamed, MD

Ocala, FL 34474

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
70th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,747 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Kirk Jeffreys, MD

Jackson, MS 39216

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
36th MS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,742 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Troy Haleman, MD

Owensboro, KY 42303

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
74th KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,683 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Joshua Levinson, MD

Greenbelt, MD 20770

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
98th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (27,305 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Charles Atnip, MD

Columbia, TN 38401

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
40th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,394 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$201 Cash

Dr. Derek Denney, MD

St George, UT 84790

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
61st UT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,999 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Alyssa Wenger, MD

Jonesboro, AR 72401

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
46th AR Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,751 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
73rd VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,094 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Allen Pusateri, MD

Tampa, FL 33613

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
55th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,877 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$210 Cash

Dr. Pradeep Ramulu, MD

Baltimore, MD 21287

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
47th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,743 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Robert Sorenson, MD

Berkeley, CA 94705

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
43rd CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,556 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Peter Joson, MD

San Clemente, CA 92673

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
44th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,652 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Michael Eide, MD

Sioux Falls, SD 57108

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
33rd SD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,727 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. John Alder, MD

Murray, UT 84121

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
55th UT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,676 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ethan Tittler, MD

Stockton, CA 95207

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
86th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (12,593 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Maneesh Mehan, MD

Dayton, OH 45432

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
47th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,089 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. James Mchale, MD

Columbus, OH 43213

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
45th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,000 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Stephen Zuckerman, MD

Danbury, CT 06810

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
60th CT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,432 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ahmad Aref, MD

Chicago, IL 60612

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
53rd IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,039 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$222 Cash

Dr. Steven Carter, MD

Ventura, CA 93003

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
31st CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,917 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Richard Akers, MD

Morganton, NC 28655

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
26th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,648 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
63rd NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,717 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Sean Rivera, MD

Albuquerque, NM 87109

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
48th NM Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,772 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 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

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CPT 60100 Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration (FNA) Biopsy

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