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Dr. Sandra Schmahmann, MD

Portland, OR 97239

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
41st OR Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,179 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Nicholas Papajohn, MD

Miramar Beach, FL 32550

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
89th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (13,663 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
29th NE Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,172 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.7

Dr. Pradeep Arumugham, MD

Kinston, NC 28501

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
90th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,473 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Mark Poag, MD

Austin, TX 78727

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
92nd 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 (12,647 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$211 Cash

Dr. James Lester, MD

Durham, NC 27704

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
31st 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 (2,050 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Pajman Danai, MD

Hagerstown, MD 21742

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
85th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,260 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.7

Dr. Anthony Soldano, MD

San Angelo, TX 76903

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
90th 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 (3,405 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Hani Alkhatib, MD

Baltimore, MD 21201

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
67th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Coronary angiography & percutaneous coronary intervention (CPT 92928) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,115 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.8

Dr. Ravinder Manda, MD

Nashville, TN 37232

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
71st TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,082 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$202 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.7

Dr. Norman Erenrich, MD

Wellington, FL 33467

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
70th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,751 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.6

Dr. Patrick Gotimer, DO

Galloway, NJ 08205

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
44th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,976 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Michael Douek, MD

Los Angeles, CA 90095

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
92nd 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 (27,046 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$231 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.5

Dr. Thomas Smith, MD

Sacramento, CA 95817

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
37th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,533 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Michael Bohan, MD

Murrells Inlet, SC 29576

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
90th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (17,360 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kristopher Aghemo, DO

Weatherford, TX 76086

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
60th 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 (3,283 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.6

Dr. Susan Eysmann, MD

Stamford, CT 06905

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
59th CT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,572 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Minh Dang, MD

Pleasanton, CA 94588

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
93rd CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (15,306 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Dennis Kilpatrick, MD

Scottsdale, AZ 85251

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
52nd AZ 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 (3,332 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$210 Cash

Dr. Blake Weis, MD

Urbana, IL 61801

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
29th 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 (1,939 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$218 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.5

Dr. Elias Skoufis, MD

Pensacola, FL 32503

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
34th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,079 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Troy Ellis, MD

Peoria, AZ 85381

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
63rd AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,335 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$207 Cash

Dr. Edward Gabriel, MD

Los Angeles, CA 90033

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
40th 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 (2,259 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$231 Cash

Dr. Rick Chatwell, MD

Lincoln, NE 68516

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
95th NE Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Autoimmune Arthritis & Biologic/DMARD Safety Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Musculoskeletal ultrasound synovitis grading (CPT 76881) & subspecialty diagnostics (526,963 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Andrea Placzek, MD

Fayetteville, AR 72703

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
85th AR Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (9,999 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. James Watt, DO

Inverness, FL 34452

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
69th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (7,600 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.8
★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
79th 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 (2,914 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$227 Cash

Dr. Marietta Mathis, AUD

Vero Beach, FL 32960

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
99th 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 (2,457 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Jay Herbst, MD

Port Charlotte, FL 33952

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
89th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (13,569 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Elizabeth Dibble, MD

Warwick, RI 02886

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
26th RI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,503 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.8

Dr. Timothy Blankenship, OD

Poplar Bluff, MO 63901

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
98th 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 (2,653 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Laura Leonards, MD

Hammond, LA 70403

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
52nd LA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,729 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Hugo Falcon, MD

Atlanta, GA 30312

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
32nd 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 (1,952 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$210 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.