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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. Jorge Glass, MD

Fernandina Beach, FL 32034

★★★★★ 4.8 (17)
54th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,145 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$216 Cash

Dr. Sukhraj Balhan, MD

Marysville, CA 95901

★★★★★ 4.8 (17)
57th 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 (1,110 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$239 Cash

Dr. Kim Treviranus, MD

Sterling, IL 61081

★★★★★ 4.8 (21)
81st IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (527 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$218 Cash

Dr. Jason Stankiewicz, MD

Danville, PA 17822

★★★★★ 4.8 (17)
99th 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 (941 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jose Santiago, MD

Opelousas, LA 70570

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
87th LA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,102 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Rajeesh Punnakkattu, MD

Casa Grande, AZ 85122

★★★★★ 4.8 (16)
59th AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,260 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$207 Cash

Dr. Murali Krishna, MD

Nyack, NY 10960

★★★★★ 4.8 (24)
80th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,267 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$232 Cash

Dr. Ahmed Mahgoub, MD

Syracuse, NY 13202

★★★★★ 4.8 (16)
62nd 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 (1,059 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$232 Cash

Dr. Nancy Patel, DO

Clinton, SC 29325

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
79th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,469 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Alison Thompson, MD

Greenwich, CT 06830

★★★★★ 4.8 (24)
58th CT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,320 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Rhea Yoder, MD

Fountain Hill, PA 18015

★★★★★ 4.8 (24)
88th 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 (481 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Pierre Lataillade, MD

Gloversville, NY 12078

★★★★★ 4.8 (16)
62nd NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (408 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$232 Cash

Dr. Ravikumar Alagar, MD

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
96th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,026 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Praveen Datar, MD

West Plains, MO 65775

★★★★★ 4.8 (20)
10th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (802 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Robert Viggiano, MD

Scottsdale, AZ 85259

★★★★★ 4.8 (23)
92nd AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,816 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$210 Cash

Dr. Kevin Chong, MD

Port Townsend, WA 98368

★★★★★ 4.8 (15)
96th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,768 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$222 Cash

Dr. Maryum Merchant, MD

Westlake Village, CA 91361

★★★★★ 4.8 (23)
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 (3,440 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$239 Cash

Dr. Ramin Pirouz, MD

Prince Frederick, MD 20678

★★★★★ 4.8 (23)
65th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,346 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Valerie Velho Denz, MD

West Burlington, IA 52655

★★★★★ 4.8 (15)
80th IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,726 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Artin Mahmoudi, MD

Ukiah, CA 95482

★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
59th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,084 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$239 Cash

Dr. Muhammad Iqbal, MD

Richmond, KY 40475

★★★★★ 4.8 (23)
80th KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,692 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Luis Wulff, MD

Thomasville, GA 31792

★★★★★ 4.8 (23)
76th GA 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 Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Vladas Litani, MD

Southbridge, MA 01550

★★★★★ 4.8 (23)
90th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,223 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$224 Cash

Dr. Jason Henderson, MD

Muskogee, OK 74401

★★★★★ 4.8 (19)
96th OK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,233 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Nathaniel Marchetti, DO

Philadelphia, PA 19140

★★★★★ 4.8 (23)
88th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,567 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Hitesh Patel, MD

Charlottesville, VA 22908

★★★★★ 4.8 (23)
10th 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 (792 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Olga Morim, MD

North Bellmore, NY 11710

★★★★★ 4.8 (15)
55th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,674 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$232 Cash

Dr. Michel Samaha, MD

Milford, DE 19963

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
72nd DE Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,760 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Terrence Coulter, MD

Springfield, MO 65807

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
69th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,938 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ammar Alhaddad, MD

Washington, DC 20037

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
97th DC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (9,923 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash

Dr. Mohammad Alsoub, MD

Dickson, TN 37055

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
49th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,421 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$201 Cash

Dr. Brenda Gonzalez, MD

Coral Gables, FL 33146

★★★★★ 4.8 (18)
97th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,194 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$216 Cash

Dr. Steven Mohnssen, MD

Colorado Springs, CO 80909

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
96th CO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,655 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$211 Cash

Dr. Edward Federman, MD

San Diego, CA 92120

★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
85th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,299 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$239 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
73rd GA 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 (2,127 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (22)
98th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (722 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Medicare Part B ~$222 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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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.

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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.