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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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All Pulmonology Physicians (3,006)

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Dr. Dinesh Verma, MD

Chico, CA 95973

★★★★☆ 4.3 (55)
97th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (9,549 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$239 Cash

Dr. Abubakr Bajwa, MD

Jacksonville, FL 32224

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
86th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,619 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$216 Cash

Dr. David Chase, MD

Booneville, MS 38829

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
93rd MS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (8,859 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Arjun Aneja, MD

Ormond Beach, FL 32174

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
83rd FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,200 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$216 Cash

Dr. Seth Koenig, MD

Hauppauge, NY 11788

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
90th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,758 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$232 Cash

Dr. Albert Ridgeway, MD

Sheffield, AL 35660

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
90th AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,711 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
97th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,161 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$218 Cash

Dr. Warren Botnick, MD

Natchitoches, LA 71457

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
46th LA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,172 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. David Bradshaw, MD

American Fork, UT 84003

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
59th UT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,103 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Muhammad Asghar, MD

Shiloh, IL 62269

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
75th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,459 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$218 Cash

Dr. Amaresh Nath, MD

Fairfield Township, OH 45011

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
85th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (584 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Rammohan Rao, MD

Pensacola, FL 32503

★★★★★ 4.9 (26)
84th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,294 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$216 Cash

Dr. Bruce Roy, MD

Naples, FL 34102

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
94th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (7,324 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$216 Cash
★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
62nd TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,999 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. John Mcardle, MD

Hartford, CT 06106

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
67th CT 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 (1,415 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Patrick Perkins, MD

Kansas City, MO 64114

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
99th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (10,796 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Elena Burke, MD

Livingston, NJ 07039

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
24th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,283 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Irina Zolotarevskaya, MD

Rego Park, NY 11374

★★★★★ 4.9 (26)
98th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (12,221 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$232 Cash

Dr. David Miller, MD

Tucson, AZ 85724

★★★★★ 4.9 (26)
99th AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,395 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$207 Cash

Dr. Moutaz Al Nabhan, MD

Louisville, KY 40207

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
97th KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,908 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Salaam Alobeidy, MD

Galloway, NJ 08205

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
97th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (8,044 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jeffrey Klenz, MD

Burlington, MA 01805

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
87th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,090 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$224 Cash

Dr. Derrick Herman, MD

Columbus, OH 43203

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
91st OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,455 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. David Rice, MD

Pittsburgh, PA 15237

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
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 (1,005 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Andrea Venturini, MD

Satellite Beach, FL 32937

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
32nd FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,288 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$216 Cash

Dr. Timothy Davidson, MD

Walla Walla, WA 99362

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
62nd WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,312 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$222 Cash

Dr. Bradford Bemiss, MD

Maywood, IL 60153

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
52nd IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,664 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$218 Cash
★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
59th IN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (460 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Dileep Puppala, MD

Houston, TX 77070

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
99th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (58,231 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$212 Cash

Dr. Aravind Pothineni, MD

Cape Giradeau, MO 63701

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
54th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,571 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Scott Sholem, MD

Phoenix, AZ 85032

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
99th AZ 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 (1,314 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$207 Cash

Dr. Rohit Beri, MD

Waterbury, CT 06706

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
58th CT 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 (1,223 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Sheeja Schuster, MD

Larkspur, CA 94939

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
11th CA Pct

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

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$239 Cash

Dr. Abraham Sanders, MD

New York, NY 10021

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
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 (4,076 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$239 Cash

Dr. Maria Antonio-Miranda, MD

Orange Park, FL 32073

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
91st FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,830 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$216 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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Why does CMS Medicare Part B procedure volume matter when choosing a specialist?

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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