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

Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060), DLCO diffusion capacity (CPT 94729), and home/lab sleep apnea studies (CPT 95806 / 95810). Filter by your insurance carrier, state, or procedure below.

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Dr. Ryan Townsend, MD

Marlton, NJ 08053

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
10th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (917 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Juan Armstrong, MD

Acworth, GA 30101

★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
51st GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,524 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Asad Khan, MD

Chester, PA 19013

★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
59th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,397 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Frank Messina, MD

Pensacola, FL 32504

★★★★★ 4.9 (16)
12th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (866 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. David Dennis, MD

Charleston, SC 29425

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
40th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,295 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Michael Burk, MD

Nashville, TN 37203

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
45th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,287 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$202 Cash

Dr. Kapil Dhawan, MD

Sacramento, CA 95816

★★★★★ 4.9 (16)
34th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (822 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Randol Hooper, MD

Billings, MT 59101

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
47th MT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (823 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.9 (16)
20th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (901 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Jonathan Evans, MD

South Portland, ME 04106

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
90th ME Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (617 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Randy Bryn, MD

Shreveport, LA 71103

★★★★★ 4.9 (16)
49th LA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,209 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Derek Brown, DO

Wooster, OH 44691

★★★★★ 4.9 (16)
28th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (824 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Nicholas Poponea, DO

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
45th AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (926 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$210 Cash

Dr. Gul Khan, MD

Dallas, TX 75230

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
91st TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (529 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$211 Cash

Dr. Kashif Aslam, MD

Mansfield, TX 76063

★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
26th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (912 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Victor Test, MD

Lubbock, TX 79430

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
50th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,600 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Megan Lowery, MD

Wilkes Barre, PA 18711

★★★★★ 4.9 (20)
16th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (745 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Bushra Mina, MD

New York, NY 10021

★★★★★ 4.9 (24)
22nd NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (927 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmed, MD

Glendale, CA 91205

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
99th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (12,671 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Jay Berland, MD

Lake Success, NY 11042

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
79th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,181 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Asaad Jandali, MD

Munster, IN 46321

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
97th IN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (9,179 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Sever Surdulescu, MD

Mooresville, NC 28117

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
90th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,349 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Sajjad Shah, MD

Wyomissing, PA 19610

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
89th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,645 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
91st FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,794 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Timothy Cook, MD

North Little Rock, AR 72117

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
36th AR Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,516 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Steven Davis, MD

Worcester, MA 01605

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
67th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,519 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$224 Cash

Dr. Lina Anthony, MD

Mesa, AZ 85206

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
79th AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,642 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$207 Cash

Dr. Alan Bakst, MD

Atlantis, FL 33462

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
70th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,109 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. John Madison, MD

Worcester, MA 01655

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
89th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,132 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$224 Cash

Dr. William Willmott, MD

Crestview Hills, KY 41017

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
91st KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,597 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Rene Franco, MD

Corpus Christi, TX 78411

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
86th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,096 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Devang Patel, MD

Stuart, FL 34996

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
78th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,224 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Arunabh Talwar, MD

New Hyde Park, NY 11042

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
88th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,543 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Haitham Kanneh, MD

Wyomissing, PA 19610

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
84th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,754 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Hsien-Wen Hsu, MD

Pittsburg, CA 94565

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
78th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,493 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Francis Chuidian, MD

Columbia, MD 21044

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
98th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (10,834 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$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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Frequently Asked Questions: Choosing a Specialist by CPT Volume & Insurance Network

Why does CMS Medicare Part B procedure volume matter when choosing a specialist?

General directory listings show what a doctor claims to treat, whereas federal CMS Medicare Part B claims reveal what they actually perform every week. For example, seeing an endocrinologist who performs 400+ in-office thyroid neck ultrasounds (CPT 76536) per year or a gastroenterologist in the top decile for adenoma detection colonoscopy (CPT 45385) prevents unnecessary outside imaging referrals and repeat appointments.

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Large hospital networks often bill tens of thousands of automated lab draws or vaccination claims under a single department chair NPI. Our directory triage engine isolates individual practicing clinicians (300 to 4,500 Medicare beneficiaries/year) and requires a minimum 4.2-star verified Google patient consensus with at least 15 reviews for default showcase rankings.

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The GreatDoc™ rating—calculated by the Proprietary DotMD™ J3 Model—audits patient reviews across clinical diagnostic accuracy, unhurried listening, and procedure skill while flagging administrative friction points (such as $250 annual clinic fees, parking validation costs, or phone hold times) so you know exactly what to expect before walking into the waiting room.

How do I verify if a doctor takes my specific PPO, HMO, or Medicare plan?

Every flagship physician profile on dotMD includes an interactive Insurance Network & Cash-Rate Checker covering Original Medicare Part B, Medicare Advantage, BlueCross BlueShield, Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, and regional PPO/HMO plans—plus the exact CMS geo-adjusted CPT 99204 self-pay cash rate ($195–$260) and 3-question script to verify network participation with the billing desk.