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Pathology ★ 4.7
★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
55th OH 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 BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Renee Derosa, MD

New Fairfield, CT 06812

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
76th CT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,426 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Lisa Ferguson, MD

Terre Haute, IN 47804

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
91st 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 (489 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. James Trenhaile, MD

Palos Heights, IL 60463

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
27th 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 (796 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$218 Cash
★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
29th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (899 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. Zain Sheikh, MD

Michigan City, IN 46360

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
49th 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 (984 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.8

Dr. Stephanie Berge, OD

West Bloomfield, MI 48322

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
92nd 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 (802 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Robert Lahasky, MD

New Iberia, LA 70563

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
45th LA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,549 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kurt Kusserow, MD

Davis, CA 95616

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
89th 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 (577 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash
★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
40th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,185 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Nephrology ★ 4.6

Dr. Adam Bregman, MD

Madison, WI 53792

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
29th WI 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 (931 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Adam Villalba, MD

El Paso, TX 79905

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
72nd 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 (404 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Dorothy Wang, MD

Culver City, CA 90232

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
2nd CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Ear, Nose, Sinus & Throat Examination [CPT 99213] • Diagnostic nasal endoscopy (CPT 31231) & subspecialty diagnostics (665 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash
Urology ★ 4.6

Dr. Gavin Wagenheim, MD

Houston, TX 77030

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
33rd TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Urologic, BPH & Androgen Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Post-void residual bladder ultrasound (CPT 51798) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,423 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$212 Cash

Dr. Laura Kamcza, MD

Defiance, OH 43512

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
50th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,247 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. George Hughes, MD

Atlanta, GA 30322

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
77th 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 (459 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$210 Cash

Dr. Fazal Faroqui, DO

Patchogue, NY 11772

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
89th 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 (5,643 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. Ava Khosraviani, MD

Burbank, CA 91505

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
20th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,612 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Lee Tan, MD

San Francisco, CA 94143

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
72nd CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Cervical/lumbar microdiscectomy & decompression (CPT 63030 / 63047) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,287 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$250 Cash

Dr. Yoshi Rahm, DO

Glendale, CA 91208

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
97th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (14,872 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Manav Nayyar, MD

Jefferson City, MO 65101

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
27th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Complex Endocrine, Thyroid & Metabolic Biomarker Managemen [CPT 99214] • In-office thyroid/parathyroid neck ultrasound (CPT 76536) & subspecialty diagnostics (975 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Sunil Chauhan, MD

Stuart, FL 34994

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
80th 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 (529 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Linas Smulkstys, MD

Elmhurst, IL 60126

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
61st 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 (1,026 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$218 Cash
★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
74th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,869 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Charles Arthurs, MD

Morgantown, WV 26505

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
65th 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 (1,592 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Richard Shaffer, MD

Springfield, MO 65804

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
64th 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 (367 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kelly Dodson, MD

Marietta, GA 30060

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
71st 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 (979 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Nelson Henry, MD

Fredericksburg, VA 22408

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
20th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (932 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Stephen Barr, MD

Oklahoma City, OK 73120

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
70th OK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,014 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Douglas Jones, MD

Dallas, TX 75251

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
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 (406 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$211 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.7

Dr. Abretia Olson, OD

Whitefish, MT 59937

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
48th MT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (498 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ioannis Economou, MD

Glenview, IL 60026

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
93rd IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (590 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$218 Cash

Dr. Srinivas Sharma, MD

Alexandria, VA 22306

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
62nd 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 (360 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Robert Stinson, MD

Eatonton, GA 31024

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
98th GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,156 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.7

Dr. Richard Haney, OD

Columbus, NE 68601

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
48th NE Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (511 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Podiatry ★ 4.6
★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
30th 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 (915 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$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.