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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. Eugene Shostak, MD

New York, NY 10065

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
66th NY 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 (1,280 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Reza Samad, MD

Long Island City, NY 11102

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
86th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,996 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Houssam Oueini, MD

Baytown, TX 77521

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
39th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,347 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. James Hoyt, MD

Fort Collins, CO 80528

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
53rd CO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,020 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$211 Cash

Dr. Khaled Nazzal, MD

Indianapolis, IN 46260

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
15th IN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (772 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Iryna Bodnar, MD

Cleveland, OH 44109

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
38th OH 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 (1,003 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
20th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,035 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$210 Cash

Dr. William Karkowsky, MD

Baltimore, MD 21209

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
46th MD 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 (836 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Hung-I Liao, MD

Anaheim, CA 92801

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
48th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,692 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Kimberly Hardin, MD

Sacramento, CA 95817

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
6th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (720 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. William Haden, MD

Dallas, TX 75246

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
29th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,173 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$211 Cash

Dr. Rany Condos, MD

New York, NY 10016

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
65th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,154 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Amit Goulatia, MD

Monroeville, PA 15146

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
37th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,031 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kelsey Black, MD

Columbus, OH 43221

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
36th OH 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. Hafiza Sobia Arshad, MD

Springfield, MO 65807

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
18th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (888 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Alan Nyquist, MD

Falls Church, VA 22042

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
5th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (711 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Yalew Debella, MD

Gainesville, GA 30501

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
11th GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (830 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Richard Robinson, MD

Woodbridge, VA 22191

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
40th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,256 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Katherine Buki, MD

Frederick, MD 21702

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
71st MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (531 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Tarek Dammad, MD

Houston, TX 77030

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
36th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,275 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$212 Cash

Dr. Eric Melnychuk, DO

Danville, PA 17822

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
78th PA 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 (413 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Lohaliz Bobe, MD

Port Charlotte, FL 33980

★★★★★ 4.7 (17)
90th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,582 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Rodel Banal, MD

Melbourne, FL 32901

★★★★★ 4.7 (17)
69th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,913 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Maria Carmina Garcia, MD

Johnson City, TN 37604

★★★★★ 4.7 (17)
73rd TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,117 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$201 Cash

Dr. Nadia Sadik, MD

Galloway, NJ 08205

★★★★★ 4.7 (17)
64th NJ 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 (1,509 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Syed Akbarullah, MD

Henderson, NV 89052

★★★★★ 4.7 (21)
55th NV Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,535 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (17)
58th MS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,482 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Thomas Botta, MD

Danbury, CT 06810

★★★★★ 4.7 (21)
68th CT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,450 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. John Clark, MD

Spartanburg, SC 29303

★★★★★ 4.7 (17)
75th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,322 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jill Rossrucker, MD

Canton, GA 30114

★★★★★ 4.7 (17)
89th GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,944 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kevin Lawrence, MD

Fishersville, VA 22939

★★★★★ 4.7 (21)
45th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,442 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. David Baratz, MD

Phoenix, AZ 85032

★★★★★ 4.7 (21)
35th AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,430 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$207 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (17)
38th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,036 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$227 Cash

Dr. Ala Ahmad, MD

St Petersburg, FL 33704

★★★★★ 4.7 (21)
43rd FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,751 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Mohamed Saad, MD

Louisville, KY 40202

★★★★★ 4.7 (21)
36th KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,370 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Osman Malik, MD

Falls Church, VA 22042

★★★★★ 4.7 (17)
74th VA 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 (1,511 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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