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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. William Mitchell, MD

Wailuku, HI 96793

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
89th HI 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 UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ravali Tarigopula, MD

Starkville, MS 39759

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
35th MS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,559 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
53rd IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,672 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$218 Cash

Dr. Neal Warshoff, DO

Loxahatchee, FL 33470

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
61st FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,505 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$216 Cash

Dr. David Ostransky, DO

Fort Worth, TX 76109

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
80th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,053 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Frank Arlinghaus, MD

Shrewsbury, NJ 07702

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
86th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,977 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Fernando Chaves, MD

Warren, OH 44483

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
99th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,120 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Shiraz Daud, MD

Saint Louis, MO 63131

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
92nd MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,047 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Hala El Chami, MD

Keene, NH 03431

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
45th NH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,023 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Walid Eltaraboulsi, MD

Charlotte, NC 28210

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
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 (3,074 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Raziuddin Ahmed, MD

Houston, TX 77089

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
94th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,444 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$212 Cash

Dr. Rajesh Babu, MD

Lakeway, TX 78738

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
66th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,130 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. George Verghese, MD

Charlottesville, VA 22908

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
55th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,808 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. James Carruth, MD

Paris, TN 38242

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
94th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,850 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$201 Cash

Dr. Bruno Romeo, MD

Clearfield, PA 16830

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
31st PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (960 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Brian Allen, MD

Cleveland, OH 44195

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
96th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (804 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Amit Chopra, MD

Albany, NY 12208

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
75th 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 (628 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$232 Cash

Dr. Yasir Hatahet, MD

Fond Du Lac, WI 54935

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
63rd WI Pct

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

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Arun Agarwal, MD

Brewster, NY 10509

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
76th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,882 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$232 Cash

Dr. Diogenes Duarte, MD

Lake City, FL 32055

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
81st 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 (2,478 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$216 Cash

Dr. Allen Salem, MD

Idaho Falls, ID 83404

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
87th ID 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 UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Tufik Assad, MD

Boston, MA 02118

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
88th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,110 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$227 Cash

Dr. Ismail Bobat, MD

Urbana, IL 61801

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
77th IL 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 (2,299 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$218 Cash

Dr. Facundo Stingo, MD

Rutland, VT 05701

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
67th VT 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 (1,203 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Richard Kim, MD

Renton, WA 98055

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
42nd 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 (1,139 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$222 Cash

Dr. Yaoli Yang, MD

Palmdale, CA 93551

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
33rd CA Pct

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

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$239 Cash

Dr. Daniel Maxwell, DO

Alpena, MI 49707

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
93rd MI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,353 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Nathan Hill, MD

Little Rock, AR 72204

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
93rd AR Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,986 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Milana Shturman, DO

Quincy, MA 02169

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
48th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,186 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$224 Cash

Dr. Nevin Uysal Biggs, MD

Elkhorn, WI 53121

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
9th WI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (747 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Victor Banzon, MD

Lewes, DE 19958

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
88th DE Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,864 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jeffrey Miller, DO

East Orange, NJ 07018

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
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 (2,438 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Amita Vasoya, DO

Moorestown, NJ 08057

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
9th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (902 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Russell Blair, MD

Willoughby, OH 44094

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
59th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,237 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ghassan Koussa, MD

Oneida, NY 13421

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
43rd NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,354 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$232 Cash
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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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