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Page 48 of 3,293

Dr. Gregory Jackson, MD

Libertyville, IL 60048

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
84th 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 (6,216 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$218 Cash

Dr. Timothy Baker, MD

Huntsville, AL 35801

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
99th AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (38,829 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Steven Glassman, MD

Bennettsville, SC 29512

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
81st 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 (6,883 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. John Gianini, MD

Daytona Beach, FL 32117

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
98th 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 (83,935 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Stephen Wei, MD

Green Cove Springs, FL 32043

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
63rd 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 (5,379 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Arian Mashhood, MD

Palo Alto, CA 94304

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
98th 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 (51,220 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Parin Bhayani, MD

Indianapolis, IN 46202

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
81st 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 (5,482 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Michael Herron, MD

Homosassa, FL 34446

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
86th 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 (17,406 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.8

Dr. Thomas Durant, MD

New Haven, CT 06510

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
95th CT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,411 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Peter Simmons, MD

Lafayette, IN 47905

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
98th 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 (28,115 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.8

Dr. Ralph Scott, MD

Philadelphia, PA 19141

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
93rd 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 (4,494 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ronald Sockolov, MD

Sacramento, CA 95825

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
95th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (11,249 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
97th MS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (20,754 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Andrew Curiale, MD

Allentown, PA 18102

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
99th 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 (4,858 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Brian Simmons, MD

Lebanon, NH 03766

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
72nd NH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (5,058 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jiahuai Tan, MD

Mount Vernon, NY 10550

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
45th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Precision genomic tumor profiling & subspecialty diagnostics (2,745 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$232 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.8

Dr. Saif Al-Adwan, MD

Pittsburgh, PA 15212

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
64th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,103 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Hina Rizvi, MD

Plano, TX 75024

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
94th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (9,720 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.7

Dr. Thomas Togioka, MD

El Segundo, CA 90245

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
54th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,788 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash
Podiatry ★ 4.9

Dr. Scott Samera, DPM

Lake City, FL 32055

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
95th 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 (6,826 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$216 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.8

Dr. Mary Schwartz, MD

Houston, TX 77030

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
87th 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 (2,953 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$212 Cash

Dr. William Todd, MD

Salisbury, MD 21801

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
86th 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 (1,547 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Amy Ananth, MD

Foley, AL 36535

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
89th AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (8,480 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kenneth Lawlor, DO

Prescott, AZ 86305

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
58th AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Autoimmune Arthritis & Biologic/DMARD Safety Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Musculoskeletal ultrasound synovitis grading (CPT 76881) & subspecialty diagnostics (156,010 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$207 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.8

Dr. Angela Watkins, OD

Jackson, MI 49202

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
99th 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 (2,245 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. David Gannon, MD

Carver, MA 02330

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
98th 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 (4,314 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$224 Cash

Dr. Kent Walker, MD

Ottumwa, IA 52501

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
64th IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,856 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.7

Dr. Masoud Asgari, MD

San Ramon, CA 94583

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
50th 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 (1,704 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Walid Eltaraboulsi, MD

Charlotte, NC 28210

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
82nd NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,074 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Nathaniel Pearson, MD

Philadelphia, PA 19124

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
95th 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 (910 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Urology ★ 4.8

Dr. Henry Wright, MD

Algonquin, IL 60102

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
96th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Urologic, BPH & Androgen Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Post-void residual bladder ultrasound (CPT 51798) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,903 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$218 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.8

Dr. Matthew Burkart, OD

Indianapolis, IN 46219

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
95th 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 (1,832 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Raziuddin Ahmed, MD

Houston, TX 77089

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
94th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,444 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$212 Cash

Dr. Mohammad Anwar, MD

Balitmore, MD 21224

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
50th 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 (915 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash
Urology ★ 4.8

Dr. Kjell Youngren, MD

Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
96th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Urologic, BPH & Androgen Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Post-void residual bladder ultrasound (CPT 51798) & subspecialty diagnostics (23,938 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Aetna ~$209 Cash

Dr. David Robertson, MD

Atlanta, GA 30318

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
96th 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 (15,518 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.