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Dr. Arthur Pearson, MD

Poteau, OK 74953

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
82nd OK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,512 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.8

Dr. Michael Rich, MD

Saint Louis, MO 63110

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
76th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,055 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. William Burkes, MD

San Angelo, TX 76904

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
76th TX 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 (5,848 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
77th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,245 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.9

Dr. Bryan Frazier, OD

Tyler, TX 75703

★★★★★ 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 (2,358 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Clifford Eskey, MD

Lebanon, NH 03756

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
29th NH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,412 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Podiatry ★ 4.8

Dr. Robert Aguilar, DPM

Brenham, TX 77833

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
95th 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 (5,628 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ignacio Acosta, MD

Glendale, CA 91208

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
66th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy & hernia repair (CPT 47562 / 49650) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,326 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.8

Dr. Aaron Sohn, MD

Hackensack, NJ 07601

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
78th 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 (4,120 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Clay Chappell, MD

Athens, GA 30606

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
88th GA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Coronary angiography & percutaneous coronary intervention (CPT 92928) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,249 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Alex Carcamo, MD

Mililani, HI 96789

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
94th HI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (7,156 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.7

Dr. David Mapow, MD

Vineland, NJ 08360

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
59th 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 (2,608 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.9

Dr. Abdrhman Hamo, MD

Beckley, WV 25801

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
97th WV Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (8,670 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Dow Emerson, MD

Danville, PA 17822

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
36th 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 (1,949 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Vishvinder Sharma, MD

North Las Vegas, NV 89030

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
83rd NV Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,968 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. James Linder, MD

Memphis, TN 38119

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
82nd TN 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 (14,237 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$201 Cash

Dr. Richard Rabin, MD

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
62nd CA 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 (4,070 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.8

Dr. Brett Bennett, OD

Alexandria, LA 71303

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
96th 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 (2,354 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Podiatry ★ 4.7

Dr. Daniele Cole, DPM

Millis, MA 02054

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
69th 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 (2,910 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$224 Cash

Dr. Robert Heck, MD

Germantown, TN 38138

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
85th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (11,517 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$201 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.7

Dr. Manuel Tapia, MD

Huntersville, NC 28078

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
51st NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,680 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.5

Dr. Farook Shroff, MD

Wilkes Barre, PA 18702

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
16th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,134 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jamila Holloway, MD

Salinas, CA 93901

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
68th 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 (1,043 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Michael Wax, MD

Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
81st NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Precision genomic tumor profiling & subspecialty diagnostics (115,156 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Robert West, MD

Evans, GA 30809

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
95th 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 (13,171 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Benny Wong, MD

East Syracuse, NY 13057

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
73rd NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Precision genomic tumor profiling & subspecialty diagnostics (66,072 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. Bing Chiu, MD

Langhorne, PA 19047

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
59th PA 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 (3,030 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Rebecca Gamss, MD

Hackensack, NJ 07601

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
28th 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 (2,134 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.8

Dr. Alarice Lowe, MD

Stanford, CA 94305

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
68th 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 (2,618 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.8
★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
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 (2,957 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$227 Cash

Dr. Takouhie Maldjian, MD

Garden City, NY 11530

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
36th 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 (1,967 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. Raja Nazir, MD

Wilmington, OH 45177

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
81st OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Coronary angiography & percutaneous coronary intervention (CPT 92928) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,541 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Mary Hillstrom, MD

Warwick, RI 02886

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
21st RI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,238 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Al Ventzek, DO

Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
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 (1,030 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Alexander Salomon, MD

Fishersville, VA 22939

★★★★★ 4.9 (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 (3,825 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Charles Bush, MD

Louisville, KY 40207

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
96th KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy & hernia repair (CPT 47562 / 49650) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,750 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.