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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. Paul Matson, MD

Mankato, MN 56001

★★★★★ 4.9 (16)
98th MN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (16,104 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. William Hartley, MD

Lexington, KY 40503

★★★★★ 4.9 (16)
47th KY 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 (2,935 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Andrew Ence, MD

St George, UT 84790

★★★★★ 4.9 (16)
70th UT 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 (2,063 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Vamsi Singaraju, MD

Colonial Heights, VA 23834

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
59th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,818 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Brian Delay, MD

Huntersville, NC 28078

★★★★★ 4.9 (16)
39th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,669 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Brigham Redd, MD

Idaho Falls, ID 83404

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
95th ID Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (7,546 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Burk Young, MD

Douglas, WY 82633

★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
33rd WY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,691 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ram Alluri, MD

Los Angeles, CA 90033

★★★★★ 4.9 (16)
14th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (967 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$231 Cash

Dr. Andrew Pugely, MD

Iowa City, IA 52242

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
16th IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,283 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Phillip Cummings, MD

Plantation, FL 33324

★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
56th FL 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 (3,751 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$216 Cash

Dr. Angela Freehill, MD

Mount Vernon, IL 62864

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
95th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (19,864 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$218 Cash

Dr. Juan Alvarez, MD

Sebring, FL 33870

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
80th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (9,167 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$216 Cash

Dr. Alexander Lampley, MD

St Augustine, FL 32084

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
83rd FL 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 (7,446 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$216 Cash

Dr. Christopher Farmer, MD

Columbia, MO 65201

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
94th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (17,760 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Bruce Steinberg, MD

Jacksonville, FL 32207

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
72nd FL 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 (5,316 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$216 Cash
★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
81st FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (9,893 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$216 Cash

Dr. Brian Seng, DO

Canton, GA 30115

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
63rd GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,229 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Robert Kennon, MD

Middlebury, CT 06762

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
86th CT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,221 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Cedric Tankson, MD

Leesburg, FL 34748

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
75th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (7,476 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$216 Cash

Dr. Daniel Plessl, MD

Vero Beach, FL 32960

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
80th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (9,424 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$216 Cash

Dr. Joseph Wade, MD

Columbia, TN 38401

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
96th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (29,235 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$201 Cash
★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
85th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (8,389 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$239 Cash

Dr. Christopher Kneip, MD

Flowood, MS 39232

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
85th MS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (17,279 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Craig O'neill, MD

West Reading, PA 19611

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
72nd PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,505 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Lamont Cardon, MD

Berkeley, CA 94705

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
64th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,580 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$239 Cash

Dr. John Eggers, MD

Kansas City, MO 64116

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
76th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,935 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Eric Aronowitz, MD

Schenectady, NY 12305

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
44th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,056 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$232 Cash

Dr. Steven Friedman, MD

Baltimore, MD 21209

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
41st 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 (3,256 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Chad Hills, DO

Tucson, AZ 85712

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
71st AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,212 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$207 Cash

Dr. Luis Bolano, MD

Huntington, WV 25702

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
61st WV Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,078 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Benjamin Davis, MD

Lake Forest, IL 60045

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
63rd IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,109 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$218 Cash

Dr. Thomas Knutson, DO

Lynchburg, VA 24501

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
52nd VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,135 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Mark Shekhman, MD

Hartford, CT 06106

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
58th CT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,558 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jeffrey Martin, MD

Daytona Beach, FL 32117

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
66th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,312 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$216 Cash

Dr. Douglas Kiburz, MD

Sedalia, MO 65301

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
94th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (15,886 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Mark Mysnyk, MD

North Liberty, IA 52317

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
84th IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,776 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 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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