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Dr. Kevin Charlton, MD

Salt Lake City, UT 84107

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
77th UT 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 (556 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.6

Dr. Carol Byrd, OD

Sioux Falls, SD 57105

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
56th SD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (610 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.4

Dr. Peter Zimbwa, MD

Minneapolis, MN 55407

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
5th MN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (682 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Nirmal Surtani, MD

Anderson, IN 46013

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
49th IN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,361 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jaison Medayil, DO

Uniondale, NY 11556

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
59th 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 (313 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Jeffrey Buesing, MD

Englewood, CO 80110

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
87th 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 (350 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$211 Cash

Dr. Ravishankar Rao, MD

Brooksville, FL 34613

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
40th 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 (1,217 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Robert Dart, MD

Quincy, MA 02169

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
46th 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 (310 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$224 Cash

Dr. Benjamin Lloyd, MD

Durham, NC 27705

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
58th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (399 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Arian Frost, MD

Chicago, IL 60637

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
58th 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 (341 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$222 Cash

Dr. Michael Sheehan, MD

Richmond, VA 23231

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
30th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,112 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Nari Sohn, MD

Rochester, MN 55905

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
17th MN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (773 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.7

Dr. Jonathan Mather, MD

Carson City, NV 89701

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
79th 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 (660 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Derek Henson, MD

Lexington, KY 40504

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
69th KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,152 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Satish Patel, MD

Munster, IN 46321

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
76th 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 (2,653 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Nephrology ★ 4.4

Dr. Stanislav Ozhog, DO

Knoxville, TN 37916

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
21st TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Chronic Kidney Disease eGFR, uACR & Electrolyte Management [CPT 99214] • CKD staging via eGFR + Cystatin C and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (uACR) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,115 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$201 Cash

Dr. Tanner Fullmer, MD

Milwaukee, WI 53211

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
95th WI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Ear, Nose, Sinus & Throat Examination [CPT 99213] • Diagnostic nasal endoscopy (CPT 31231) & subspecialty diagnostics (642 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Saquib Chaudhri, MD

Falls Church, VA 22042

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
83rd 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 (576 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Paul Thomas, DO

Center Point, IA 52213

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
64th IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,718 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
80th 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 (5,795 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$227 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.7

Dr. Mary Landau-Levine, MD

Scottsdale, AZ 85260

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
93rd AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (9,031 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$210 Cash

Dr. Paul Byra, MD

Jacksonville, FL 32204

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
64th 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 (5,639 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. David Neal, MD

Baltimore, MD 21287

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
46th 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 (5,406 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. T Raymond Foley, MD

Lancaster, PA 17603

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
94th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Coronary angiography & percutaneous coronary intervention (CPT 92928) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,129 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Evan Leitz, MD

Greenville, NC 27834

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
95th 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 (18,993 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Daniel Hampton, MD

Atlanta, GA 30322

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
80th 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 (5,275 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$210 Cash

Dr. Gregory Diaz, MD

Beaumont, TX 77706

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
81st 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 (6,153 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Scott Foster, MD

Sacramento, CA 95816

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
79th 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 (9,538 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Danilo Espinola, MD

Baltimore, MD 21244

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
74th 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 (20,420 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Joshua Rampton, MD

Bismarck, ND 58501

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
65th ND Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,968 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.7

Dr. Michael Smith, MD

LA Jolla, CA 92037

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
77th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,633 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Ronald Kristan, MD

Eatontown, NJ 07724

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
84th NJ 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 (10,847 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Emily Chu, MD

Philadelphia, PA 19104

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
80th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (5,994 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. David Lee, MD

Rochester, NY 14642

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
57th 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 (3,948 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 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.