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Dr. Jacqueline Ingram, AUD

Tinton Falls, NJ 07701

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
99th 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 (3,095 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ruksana Papa, MD

Arlington Heights, IL 60005

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
96th 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 (8,485 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$218 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.9
★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
98th 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 (2,571 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Heather Vasser, MD

Columbus, TX 78934

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
77th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy & hernia repair (CPT 47562 / 49650) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,997 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. George Beaver, MD

Columbia, SC 29212

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
97th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (17,392 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
91st 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 (925 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$224 Cash

Dr. Kunal Garg, MD

New York, NY 10019

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
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 (1,352 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Cara Drew, MD

Sioux City, IA 51104

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
99th IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,279 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Dan Tran, MD

Rosemead, CA 91770

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
87th 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 (7,028 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Muhammad Asghar, MD

Shiloh, IL 62269

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
75th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,459 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$218 Cash

Dr. Zaher Shebib, MD

Pasadena, TX 77505

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
90th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Complex bacterial & subspecialty diagnostics (58,506 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kim Kuhar, MD

Silverdale, PA 18962

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
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 (3,819 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. John Zudans, MD

Barefoot Bay, FL 32976

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
72nd 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 (6,291 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.9

Dr. Liana Renteria, OD

W Lake Hills, TX 78746

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
93rd 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 (1,329 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Edward Mena, MD

Pasadena, CA 91105

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
29th 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 (1,456 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Shyann Renfroe, MD

Little Rock, AR 72205

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
96th 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 (15,207 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. William West, MD

Richland, WA 99352

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
94th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,851 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$222 Cash

Dr. Daniel Sakaan, MD

Chattanooga, TN 37403

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
99th 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 (947 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$201 Cash

Dr. Patrick Keehan, DO

Fort Worth, TX 76126

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
97th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (16,362 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Mary O'connor, MD

Cranford, NJ 07016

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
53rd 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 (4,946 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Neurology ★ 4.8
★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
52nd FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Neurologic, Migraine & Movement Evaluation [CPT 99214] • EMG & nerve conduction velocity studies for neuropathy/sciatica (CPT 95886 / 95910) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,723 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Sheila Sullivan, DO

Watertown, WI 53098

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
30th WI 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 (1,514 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Thomas Kim, DO

Signal Hill, CA 90755

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
83rd CA 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 (7,150 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Herman Mathias, MD

Hemet, CA 92543

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
75th 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 (3,263 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash
Podiatry ★ 4.9

Dr. Annie Zeb, DPM

Staten Island, NY 10305

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
92nd 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 (4,925 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. Sabrina Shue, MD

Harrison, NY 10528

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
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 (19,135 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. Laurence Donahue, MD

West Allis, WI 53227

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
84th 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 (3,327 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Thomas Mcgovern, MD

Fort Wayne, IN 46804

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
99th 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 (2,095 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jason Crowell, MD

Louisville, KY 40241

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
97th 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 (1,424 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.7

Dr. Michael Phillips, DO

Gallatin, TN 37066

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
17th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,463 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$201 Cash
Podiatry ★ 4.9

Dr. Eunice Cho, DPM

Rocklin, CA 95677

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
78th 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 (3,523 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. John Roever, MD

San Francisco, CA 94143

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
99th 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 (1,141 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$250 Cash

Dr. Joseph Keenan, DO

Bloomingdale, IL 60108

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
90th 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 (1,520 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$218 Cash
Nephrology ★ 4.9

Dr. Kevin Sperling, MD

Chadds Ford, PA 19317

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
88th PA 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 (2,416 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.