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Pathology ★ 4.6

Dr. Vipul Trivedi, MD

Eau Claire, WI 54703

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
82nd WI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,647 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.6

Dr. Mark Lieb, MD

Mount Kisco, NY 10549

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
81st NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,299 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Brian Conley, MD

Roseville, MN 55113

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
35th 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 (2,149 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Eyal Shtorch, MD

Reseda, CA 91335

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
94th 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 (10,039 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Rebecca Nardi, MD

East Brunswick, NJ 08816

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
24th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,793 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Praveena Velamati, MD

Annapolis, MD 21401

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
89th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (7,117 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Douglas Kerin, MD

Russellville, AR 72801

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
16th 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 (1,773 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Elise Saddleton, MD

Bloomingdale, IL 60108

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
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 (2,372 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$218 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.8

Dr. Thomas Verrill, MD

Royal Oak, MI 48073

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
96th MI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,688 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Podiatry ★ 4.7

Dr. Giselle Ojeda, DPM

Miami Lakes, FL 33016

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
87th 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 (4,740 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Allen Pusateri, MD

Tampa, FL 33613

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
55th FL 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 (3,877 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$210 Cash

Dr. David Keating, MD

Burlington, VT 05401

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
20th 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 (1,304 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Hubert Vesselle, MD

Seattle, WA 98195

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
24th 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 (1,350 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$225 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.8

Dr. Eve Betancourt, MD

San Antonio, TX 78229

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
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 (3,289 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Murali Krishna Meka, MD

Fayetteville, NC 28304

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
24th 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 (1,753 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.8

Dr. Michael Head, OD

Hurst, TX 76054

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
99th 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 (2,873 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Urology ★ 4.7

Dr. William Lin, MD

Chicago, IL 60611

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
70th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Urologic, BPH & Androgen Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Post-void residual bladder ultrasound (CPT 51798) & subspecialty diagnostics (8,970 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$222 Cash

Dr. Olga James, MD

Durham, NC 27710

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
28th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Precision genomic tumor profiling & subspecialty diagnostics (1,327 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.6

Dr. Ethan Oates, MD

Evansville, IN 47714

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
54th IN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,719 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Michael Ciminiello, MD

Riverhead, NY 11901

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
70th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,293 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Richard Caruso, MD

Lewes, DE 19958

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
36th DE Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,341 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Gregory Czuczman, MD

Englewood, CO 80112

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
38th CO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,034 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$211 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
78th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (6,807 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Brandon Perez, MD

Wichita Falls, TX 76310

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
77th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,215 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.8

Dr. Cory Gray, DO

Columbia, MO 65201

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
93rd 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 (4,132 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.5
★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
31st FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,963 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$227 Cash

Dr. Angelo Ferraro, MD

Spokane, WA 99204

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
51st WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Coronary angiography & percutaneous coronary intervention (CPT 92928) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,145 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$222 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.7

Dr. Emily O'rourke, MD

Berkeley, CA 94705

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
81st 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 (3,786 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Daniel Murphy, MD

Salt Lake City, UT 84132

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
37th UT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,553 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Pradeep Ramulu, MD

Baltimore, MD 21287

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
47th 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 (3,743 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Matthew Chin, MD

Sarasota, FL 34232

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
53rd FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,414 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash
Podiatry ★ 4.8

Dr. Kevin Thomas, DPM

Salisbury, MD 21801

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
97th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (8,217 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Laura Downey, MD

West Orange, NJ 07052

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
93rd NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Ear, Nose, Sinus & Throat Examination [CPT 99213] • Diagnostic nasal endoscopy (CPT 31231) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,230 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.