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Dr. Mehmet Gencturk, MD

Roseville, MN 55113

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
79th MN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (8,280 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Matthew Hegewald, DO

Silverdale, WA 98383

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
56th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,210 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$222 Cash

Dr. Amy Oliveira, MD

Cambridge, MA 02138

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
55th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,971 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$224 Cash

Dr. Mina Tadros, MD

Nashville, TN 37232

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
68th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,122 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$202 Cash

Dr. Amanda Kent, DO

Jacksonville, FL 32209

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
59th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,642 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Sanah Shaikh, MD

Tinley Park, IL 60487

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
76th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,076 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$218 Cash

Dr. Lydia Delaney-Sathy, MD

Mountain View, CA 94040

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
89th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (21,028 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Michael Weston, MD

Hixson, TN 37343

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
45th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,304 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$201 Cash

Dr. Gerald Joyce, MD

Buffalo, NY 14220

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
65th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,224 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Qiang Li, MD

Allentown, PA 18103

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
57th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,010 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Joshua Bemporad, MD

Allentown, PA 18103

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
63rd PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,449 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.8

Dr. Nilesh Patel, MD

Charlotte, NC 28207

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
90th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,820 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Thomas Olenginski, MD

Danville, PA 17822

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
26th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Autoimmune Arthritis & Biologic/DMARD Safety Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Musculoskeletal ultrasound synovitis grading (CPT 76881) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,116 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Alex Krasny, MD

Evanston, IL 60201

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
37th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,387 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$218 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.8

Dr. Manoj Shah, MD

Gulfport, MS 39503

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
78th MS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (11,084 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Daniel Helmy, MD

Los Angeles, CA 90095

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
70th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,329 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$231 Cash

Dr. Wenzel Vas, MD

Saint Louis, MO 63110

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
64th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,796 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Husam Eddin, MD

Daytona Beach, FL 32117

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
97th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (13,148 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.8

Dr. Jason Hope, MD

Pinehurst, NC 28374

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
90th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,700 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.8

Dr. Anne Stowman, MD

Burlington, VT 05401

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
89th VT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,834 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kenneth Graham, MD

Great Neck, NY 11021

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
99th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (58,920 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
49th GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,744 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Garrett Simmons, MD

Houston, TX 77030

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
49th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,533 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$212 Cash

Dr. Kennon Hager, MD

Gadsden, AL 35901

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
53rd AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,840 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Heather Harmon, MD

Louisville, KY 40205

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
68th KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Ophthalmologic Slit-Lamp & Dilated Retinal E [CPT 92014] • Optical Coherence Tomography retinal/optic nerve scanning (CPT 92133 / 92134) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,451 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Urology ★ 4.7

Dr. Nelson Ploch, MD

North Charleston, SC 29406

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
89th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Urologic, BPH & Androgen Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Post-void residual bladder ultrasound (CPT 51798) & subspecialty diagnostics (21,848 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Brett Staller, MD

Pompano Beach, FL 33064

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
45th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,079 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Lynn Kim, MD

Boston, MA 02215

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
39th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,098 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$227 Cash

Dr. John King, MD

Columbus, MS 39705

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
84th MS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Coronary angiography & percutaneous coronary intervention (CPT 92928) & subspecialty diagnostics (18,347 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Diana Wilson, MD

Ocoee, FL 34761

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
79th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (10,844 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.6
★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
50th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,563 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$227 Cash

Dr. William Bremer, MD

New Lenox, IL 60451

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
49th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,210 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$218 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.8

Dr. Said Albahra, MD

Temple, TX 76508

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
89th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,089 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Philip Lyng, MD

Scottsdale, AZ 85259

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
75th AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,202 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$210 Cash

Dr. George Le-Bert, DO

Fernandina Beach, FL 32034

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
86th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,227 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.7

Dr. Jordan Ridgeway, OD

New Bern, NC 28562

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
94th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,675 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Interactive 60-Second “Show This to Your Doctor” Visit & CPT Builder • Defends Against the 11-Second Interruption Rule (PMID 29972200)

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.

Patient Triage & Insurance Verification Guide

Frequently Asked Questions: Choosing a Specialist by CPT Volume & Insurance Network

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.

How does dotMD prevent health-system lab rollups and low-rated clinics from skewing Page 1?

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.

How does the GreatDoc™ Star Rating separate bedside manner from front-desk billing complaints?

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.

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.