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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. Wendy Dubin, MD

Towson, MD 21286

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
32nd MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,195 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Chad Brizendine, MD

Coeur D Alene, ID 83814

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
40th ID Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,404 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Chaitanya Mandapakala, MD

Crestview Hills, KY 41017

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
31st KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,298 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Sarfraz Ahmad, MD

Greenwood, IN 46143

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
44th IN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,182 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Imad Obeid, MD

Warren, MI 48088

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
41st MI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,142 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Hazim Bukamur, MD

Lexington, KY 40504

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
56th KY 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 (1,178 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Daniel Djondo, MD

Maywood, IL 60153

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
24th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,002 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$218 Cash

Dr. Erin Riggle, MD

Littleton, CO 80120

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
76th CO 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 (1,557 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$211 Cash

Dr. Mihir Buch, MD

Erie, PA 16505

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
94th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (988 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Daniel Gutman, MD

Asheville, NC 28801

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
25th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (914 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Brent Toney, DO

Indianapolis, IN 46260

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
33rd IN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (997 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Melody Brewer, MD

Pittsburg, CA 94565

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
47th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,646 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Patrick Aguilar, MD

Saint Louis, MO 63110

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
14th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (826 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Azim Surka, MD

Greenville, SC 29615

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
38th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,259 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Sandeep Kukreja, MD

Greenwood, IN 46143

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
69th IN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,589 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jennifer Hucks, MD

Columbia, SC 29203

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
46th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,355 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Alexandra Zavin, DO

Fort Myers, FL 33966

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
9th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (816 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Vinayak Jha, MD

San Francisco, CA 94115

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
8th CA Pct

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

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$250 Cash

Dr. Michael Kline, MD

St George, UT 84790

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
32nd UT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (769 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. James Kaplan, MD

Overland Park, KS 66215

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
59th KS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,708 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Gregory Ruff, MD

State College, PA 16803

★★★★★ 4.9 (23)
24th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (839 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kirk Nelson, DO

Safety Harbor, FL 34695

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
10th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (838 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Benjamin Stump, MD

Boston, MA 02115

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
14th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (715 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$227 Cash

Dr. Sanjeevkumar Patel, MD

Appleton, WI 54911

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
66th WI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,222 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Elliot Backer, MD

Lebanon, NH 03756

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
66th NH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,266 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ariful Alam, MD

Roanoke, VA 24014

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
6th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (723 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jey Chung, MD

San Francisco, CA 94115

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
3rd CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (683 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$250 Cash

Dr. Cathryn Lee, MD

Chicago, IL 60637

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
2nd IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (679 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$222 Cash

Dr. Gul Sahetya, MD

Bowling Green, KY 42101

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
69th KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,178 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Cecilia Yshii Tamashiro, MD

Springfield, MO 65807

★★★★★ 4.9 (19)
15th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (852 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. William Grier, MD

Baltimore, MD 21201

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
35th 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 (765 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Arseniy Tsapenko, MD

Knoxville, TN 37920

★★★★★ 4.9 (15)
6th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (773 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$201 Cash

Dr. Faisal Usman, MD

St Augustine, FL 32086

★★★★★ 4.9 (18)
82nd FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,117 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Son Truong, MD

Wichita, KS 67226

★★★★★ 4.9 (18)
78th KS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,442 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Shweta Sood, MD

Philadelphia, PA 19104

★★★★★ 4.9 (22)
91st 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 (3,016 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash
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Walk Into Your 15-Minute Appointment With Exact Labs, CPT Codes & Opening Words

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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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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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