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

Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611), total knee and hip arthroplasty (CPT 27447 / 27130), rotator cuff/meniscus arthroscopy, and fracture care. Filter by your insurance carrier, state, or procedure below.

4. Complete Physician Directory

All Orthopedic Surgery Physicians (5,036)

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Dr. Garrick Cason, MD

Cleveland, TN 37311

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
19th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,595 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$201 Cash

Dr. Brendan Patterson, MD

Iowa City, IA 52242

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
1st IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (684 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Felix Kirven, MD

Virginia Beach, VA 23462

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
91st VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,420 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. James Pape, MD

Cedar Rapids, IA 52403

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
63rd IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,864 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Thomas Barbour, MD

Mobile, AL 36608

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
17th AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,232 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Peter Ramsey, MD

Conway, SC 29526

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
67th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,799 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Edward Bieber, MD

Bethesda, MD 20817

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
89th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (9,461 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Thomas John, MD

Hackensack, NJ 07601

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
75th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (7,230 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Timothy Keating, MD

Morton Grove, IL 60053

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
78th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,704 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$218 Cash

Dr. Trevor Bullock, DO

Lincolnshire, IL 60069

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
37th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,865 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$218 Cash

Dr. Patrick Fernicola, MD

Columbus, GA 31909

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
93rd GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (18,265 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Peter White, MD

North Chesterfield, VA 23235

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
53rd VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,222 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. George Gill, MD

Decatur, TX 76234

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
90th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (10,735 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Matthew Mckenna, MD

Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
96th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (10,773 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Thomas Mcdonald, MD

Sonora, CA 95370

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
23rd CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,207 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. David Wei, MD

Greenwich, CT 06831

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
86th CT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (12,391 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. David Jaffe, MD

Phoenix, AZ 85054

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
47th AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,187 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$207 Cash

Dr. Daniel Lewis, MD

Charlotte, NC 28207

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
56th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,696 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Paul Dinh, MD

Orange, CA 92868

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
53rd CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,748 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Craig Greene, MD

Baton Rouge, LA 70810

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
56th LA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,684 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Gregory Schroeder, MD

King of Prussia, PA 19406

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
35th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,942 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Henry Barnard, MD

Albany, GA 31707

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
67th GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,807 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Patrick Lett, MD

Enterprise, AL 36330

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
39th AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,188 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
86th OK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,651 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. James Gregory, MD

Houston, TX 77024

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
37th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,748 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$212 Cash

Dr. Joseph Mumford, MD

Topeka, KS 66606

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
16th KS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,115 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Braden Hartline, MD

The Woodlands, TX 77380

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
50th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,499 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Steven Blackwood, MD

Marietta, GA 30060

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
50th GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,928 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Patrick Olson, MD

Salt Lake City, UT 84107

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
53rd UT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,557 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Oriente Ditano, MD

Moon Township, PA 15108

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
50th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,990 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Lucas Armstrong, MD

Bloomington, IL 61704

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
61st IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,896 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$218 Cash

Dr. Joseph Ingram, MD

Birmingham, AL 35235

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
51st AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,795 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kenneth Kramer, MD

Hamden, CT 06518

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
57th CT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,413 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. John Irving, MD

Hamden, CT 06518

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
45th CT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,837 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. John Fleming, MD

Torrance, CA 90503

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
86th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (8,767 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Wilford Richardson, MD

Prescott, AZ 86301

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
97th AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (24,906 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$207 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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