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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. Roman Spivak, MD

Ansonia, CT 06401

★★★★★ 4.7 (23)
79th CT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,719 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Binav Shrestha, MD

Brooklyn, NY 11213

★★★★★ 4.7 (19)
97th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,180 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$232 Cash

Dr. Syed Naqvi, MD

Oklahoma City, OK 73102

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
93rd OK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,343 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Phillip Menashe, MD

Phoenix, AZ 85054

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
87th AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,622 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$207 Cash

Dr. Omar Taha, MD

Denison, TX 75020

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
5th 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 (684 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. John Solic, MD

State College, PA 16803

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
91st PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (813 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Yohannes Melaku, MD

Oceanside, NY 11572

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
99th 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 (752 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$232 Cash

Dr. Thomas Smith, MD

Ruston, LA 71270

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
66th LA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,649 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Timothy Lumpkin, MD

Garfield Heights, OH 44125

★★★★★ 4.7 (18)
11th OH 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 Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. David Kim, MD

Hanover, PA 17331

★★★★★ 4.7 (22)
9th 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 (687 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jeffrey Whitehill, MD

Round Rock, TX 78681

★★★★★ 4.7 (21)
94th 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 (7,618 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Peter Kussin, MD

Durham, NC 27710

★★★★★ 4.7 (21)
82nd NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,985 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Scott Capustin, MD

Smithtown, NY 11787

★★★★★ 4.7 (21)
87th 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 (2,788 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$232 Cash

Dr. Charles Hartley, MD

Atlanta, GA 30309

★★★★★ 4.7 (17)
88th GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,822 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$210 Cash

Dr. Ricardo Vega, MD

Temecula, CA 92590

★★★★★ 4.7 (17)
58th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,025 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$239 Cash

Dr. Matthew Gordon, MD

Marlton, NJ 08053

★★★★★ 4.7 (21)
80th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,555 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (21)
70th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,983 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ignacio Cendan, MD

Miami, FL 33156

★★★★★ 4.7 (17)
96th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,821 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$227 Cash

Dr. Anna Kyu-K Khaing Chen, MD

Grosse Pointe, MI 48236

★★★★★ 4.7 (17)
31st MI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (954 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Meir Malmazada, MD

New City, NY 10956

★★★★★ 4.7 (21)
61st NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,945 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$232 Cash

Dr. Donald Stinar, MD

Silver City, NM 88061

★★★★★ 4.7 (21)
27th NM 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 Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. David Murphy, MD

Sequim, WA 98382

★★★★★ 4.7 (16)
97th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,859 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$222 Cash

Dr. Abbas Omais, MD

White Plains, MD 20695

★★★★★ 4.7 (24)
95th 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 (7,379 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Russell Beaty, MD

Birmingham, AL 35243

★★★★★ 4.7 (16)
87th AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,522 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Donna Hogue, DO

Voorhees, NJ 08043

★★★★★ 4.7 (20)
64th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,467 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jignesh Patel, MD

Commack, NY 11725

★★★★★ 4.7 (16)
13th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (822 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$232 Cash

Dr. Monika Koganti, MD

Princeton, NJ 08540

★★★★★ 4.7 (24)
18th 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 (889 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Michael Wert, MD

Columbus, OH 43221

★★★★★ 4.7 (16)
98th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (841 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kamal Chaban, MD

Galion, OH 44833

★★★★★ 4.7 (24)
40th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (952 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. James Siminski, MD

Hurst, TX 76054

★★★★★ 4.7 (24)
69th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (478 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Shiloh Tackett, MD

Traverse City, MI 49684

★★★★★ 4.7 (20)
97th MI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (759 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Milad Pooran, MD

Hagerstown, MD 21742

★★★★★ 4.7 (16)
30th 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 (694 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Geoffrey Koff, MD

Drexel Hill, PA 19026

★★★★★ 4.7 (15)
82nd PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,298 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$209 Cash

Dr. Xuanha White, DO

San Diego, CA 92103

★★★★★ 4.7 (19)
98th 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 (5,642 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$239 Cash

Dr. Himanshu Desai, MD

Shreveport, LA 71105

★★★★★ 4.7 (23)
92nd LA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,265 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Kaiser Permanente ~$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

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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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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.