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Pathology ★ 4.8

Dr. Ayman Matta, MD

Minneapolis, MN 55407

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
91st 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 (3,372 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Alec Weisberg, MD

Kansas City, MO 64132

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
86th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Coronary angiography & percutaneous coronary intervention (CPT 92928) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,868 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Martin Rindahl, MD

Clovis, CA 93611

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
95th 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 (13,756 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.8

Dr. Alexandra Byrne, MD

Baltimore, MD 21201

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
87th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,829 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Faraz Masood, MD

South Chesterfield, VA 23834

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
94th 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 (2,130 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Vlastimil Smetka, MD

Walterboro, SC 29488

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
97th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,100 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Brandt Zimmer, MD

Metairie, LA 70006

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
95th 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 (10,565 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.7

Dr. Paul Barone, DO

Watchung, NJ 07069

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
69th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,406 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Mark Shapiro, MD

Flushing, NY 11355

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
94th 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 (32,840 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Stuart Nathan, PHD

Houston, TX 77063

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
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 (8,865 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$212 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.8

Dr. Dinesh Gupta, MD

Nashville, TN 37232

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
86th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,122 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$202 Cash

Dr. Audra Malerba, DO

Smithtown, NY 11787

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
92nd NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,057 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. David Ostransky, DO

Fort Worth, TX 76109

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
80th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,053 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. David Parke, MD

Minneapolis, MN 55435

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
98th MN 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 (43,801 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Tony Kanluen, MD

Troy, MI 48085

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
90th MI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,501 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. John Hammock, MD

Pensacola, FL 32501

★★★★★ 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 (1,422 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Krishna Shanbhogue, MD

New York, NY 10003

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
98th 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 (59,827 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.8
★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
98th 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 (2,277 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.8

Dr. Chester Spears, MD

Sikeston, MO 63801

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
95th 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 (4,684 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Matthew Lucas, DO

Fort Stewart, GA 31314

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
72nd GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (5,552 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Steven Kobren, MD

Great Neck, NY 11021

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
99th 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 (9,506 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Aamer Jamali, MD

West Hills, CA 91307

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
97th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Coronary angiography & percutaneous coronary intervention (CPT 92928) & subspecialty diagnostics (13,841 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.7

Dr. Omid Dardashti, MD

Hawthorne, NJ 07506

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
60th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,761 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Nancy Balin, MD

Northampton, MA 01062

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
71st 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 (4,571 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$224 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.8

Dr. Lisa Brancazio, MD

Weirton, WV 26062

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
93rd WV Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,065 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.8
★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
95th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,491 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Juan Ramos, MD

Stuart, FL 34994

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
87th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Fluoroscopy-guided lumbar/cervical epidural steroid injections (CPT 62323) & subspecialty diagnostics (19,394 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Michael Chu, DO

West Islip, NY 11795

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
85th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy & hernia repair (CPT 47562 / 49650) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,413 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Karim Jamal, MD

Phoenix, AZ 85014

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
97th 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 (84,085 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$207 Cash

Dr. Michael Rukavina, MD

Lexington, KY 40503

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
81st KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Coronary angiography & percutaneous coronary intervention (CPT 92928) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,632 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Tracy Mcgrane, MD

Nashville, TN 37212

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
93rd 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 (950 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$202 Cash

Dr. Andrew Kowal, MD

Burlington, MA 01805

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
97th 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 (2,763 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$224 Cash

Dr. Lee Snyder, MD

Owings Mills, MD 21117

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
85th 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 (1,964 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Harinder Bisla, MD

Roseville, CA 95661

★★★★★ 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 (8,011 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 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.