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Dr. Muhammad Azrak, MD

Bellefontaine, OH 43311

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
99th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,601 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.5

Dr. Clifton Watt, MD

Berkeley, CA 94702

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
42nd CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,825 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Dmitriy Elkin, MD

Far Rockaway, NY 11691

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
96th 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 (10,391 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.6
★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
35th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,859 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$227 Cash

Dr. Sari Weinstein, MD

Oceanside, NY 11572

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
88th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (7,434 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Brian Snoddy, MD

Birmingham, AL 35235

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
61st AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Coronary angiography & percutaneous coronary intervention (CPT 92928) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,765 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Daniel Plosky, MD

Springfield, MA 01107

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
86th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Ear, Nose, Sinus & Throat Examination [CPT 99213] • Diagnostic nasal endoscopy (CPT 31231) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,709 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$224 Cash

Dr. Jogin Jose, MD

Arlington Heights, IL 60004

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
51st IL 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 (2,939 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$218 Cash

Dr. Carl Digiorgio, DO

Washington, PA 15301

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
35th 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 (1,901 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Dustin Gulizia, MD

Chicago, IL 60631

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
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 (1,457 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$222 Cash

Dr. Lourdes Montes, MD

Ocala, FL 34471

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
31st 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 (1,951 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.8

Dr. William Berkery, MD

Syracuse, NY 13210

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
76th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,683 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.6

Dr. Marc Silverberg, MD

Norfolk, VA 23507

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
51st VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,367 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Prasad Katta, MD

Fremont, CA 94538

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
98th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Complex Endocrine, Thyroid & Metabolic Biomarker Managemen [CPT 99214] • In-office thyroid/parathyroid neck ultrasound (CPT 76536) & subspecialty diagnostics (53,590 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Donald Kreipke, MD

Indianapolis, IN 46202

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
27th IN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,578 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Benton Ashlock, MD

Santa Barbara, CA 93105

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
81st CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,867 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Matthew Wolfson, MD

Boynton Beach, FL 33437

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
94th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (19,481 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Eugenio Candal, MD

Worcester, MA 01606

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
37th MA 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 (2,066 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$224 Cash

Dr. Tabassum Ali, MD

Wilmington, DE 19810

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
22nd DE 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 (1,944 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Gautam Pareek, MD

Fremont, CA 94538

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
83rd 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 (4,423 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Francis Grumbine, MD

Baltimore, MD 21201

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
44th MD 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 (3,440 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.5

Dr. Christopher Wolfe, MD

Olympia, WA 98502

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
45th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,385 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$222 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.6

Dr. Eric Thompson, MD

Norman, OK 73071

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
64th OK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,861 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Amer Alwreikat, MD

Burlington, MA 01805

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
55th MA 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 (3,008 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$224 Cash

Dr. Claudia Bartolini, MD

Portsmouth, NH 03801

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
60th NH 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 (3,691 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Andrew Crothers, MD

Memphis, TN 38120

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
41st TN 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 (2,401 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$201 Cash
Podiatry ★ 4.7

Dr. Russell Davis, DPM

Greenbrae, CA 94904

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
93rd 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 (6,613 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Paul Demartino, MD

Toms River, NJ 08755

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
84th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,927 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.6

Dr. Daniel Fajardo, MD

Brunswick, GA 31520

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
47th 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 (1,655 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ida Alul, MD

Bend, OR 97701

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
65th OR 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 (2,980 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Urology ★ 4.7

Dr. David Hochberg, MD

Tampa, FL 33607

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
60th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Urologic, BPH & Androgen Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Post-void residual bladder ultrasound (CPT 51798) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,251 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$210 Cash
Podiatry ★ 4.8

Dr. Joseph Albright, DPM

Watsonville, CA 95076

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
86th 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 (4,860 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Xuanchinh Tran, DO

Henderson, NV 89052

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
20th NV Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (861 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kimberly Lehman, DO

Clarksville, TN 37043

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
79th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,221 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$201 Cash

Dr. Sergio Klimkowski, MD

Houston, TX 77030

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
26th 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 (1,262 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$212 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.