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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. Samantha Danielson-Jones, MD

West Des Moines, IA 50266

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
76th IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,689 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Vivek Jayaschandran, MD

Philadelphia, PA 19141

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
83rd PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,389 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Nutan Bhaskar, MD

Glendora, CA 91741

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
87th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,620 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Robert Johnson, MD

Goshen, NY 10924

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
91st NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,091 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Gerald Dey, MD

Birmingham, AL 35235

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
62nd AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,494 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
89th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,631 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Douglas Dothager, MD

Belleville, IL 62226

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
45th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,487 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$218 Cash

Dr. Philip Choi, MD

Ann Arbor, MI 48109

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
76th MI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,263 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Samuel Haslam, MD

Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
67th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,495 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Arianne Bennett-Venner, MD

Orange City, FL 32763

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
64th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,653 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$216 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
68th MI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,776 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Stephen Menitove, MD

West Nyack, NY 10994

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
58th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,795 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Osama Mukhtar, MD

Tucson, AZ 85704

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
32nd AZ Pct

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

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$207 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
42nd 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 (980 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$211 Cash

Dr. Igor Chernyavskiy, MD

Brooklyn, NY 11235

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
92nd NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,663 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Simanta Dutta, MD

Norfolk, VA 23502

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
37th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,212 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Diana Alexandru, DO

Greenville, NC 27834

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
68th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,853 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Anwar Haque, MD

Willingboro, NJ 08046

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
31st NJ 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 Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Vishal Raj, MD

Roseville, CA 95661

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
60th 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 (1,142 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Qazi Afzal, MD

East Patchogue, NY 11772

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
36th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,238 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Seth Hartung, MD

Everett, WA 98208

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
99th WA 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 (1,082 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$222 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
41st PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,115 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Mohammad Paracha, MD

Oklahoma City, OK 73109

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
74th OK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,784 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Muhammad Rehman, MD

Manahawkin, NJ 08050

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
79th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,483 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Scott Nelson, MD

Ashland, KY 41101

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
25th KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,091 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Michael Simon, MD

Fall River, MA 02720

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
41st MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,060 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$224 Cash

Dr. Luminita Tudor, MD

Charleston, SC 29425

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
90th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (620 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Gregory Wigger, MD

Nashville, TN 37203

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
35th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,168 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$202 Cash

Dr. Laura Hunt, MD

Franklin, TN 37067

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
75th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,282 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$201 Cash

Dr. Neal George, DO

Stuart, FL 34994

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
37th 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 (898 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Anees Arshad, MD

Las Vegas, NV 89117

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
25th NV Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,093 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Matthew Beutner, MD

Fresno, CA 93701

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
27th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,090 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Dany Elsayegh, MD

Staten Island, NY 10305

★★★★★ 4.8 (17)
94th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (7,699 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Wahaj Ahmed, MD

Gilbert, AZ 85234

★★★★★ 4.8 (17)
78th AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,471 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$207 Cash

Dr. Jeffrey Sippel, MD

Aurora, CO 80045

★★★★★ 4.8 (21)
94th 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 (2,284 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$211 Cash

Dr. Humphrey Wong, MD

Davenport, IA 52807

★★★★★ 4.8 (17)
75th IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,684 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$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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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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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.