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Dr. Chase Hall, MD

Kansas City, KS 66160

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
19th KS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (842 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Michael Picco, DO

Mount Vernon, WA 98237

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
16th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (882 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$222 Cash

Dr. Kim-Tan Nguyen, MD

Garden Grove, CA 92843

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
8th 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 (664 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Michael Zerega, MD

Lake St Louis, MO 63367

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
88th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (552 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ashley Self, DO

Fayetteville, NC 28304

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
73rd NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (423 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Said Soubra, MD

Cedar Park, TX 78613

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
29th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,172 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. James Day, DO

Saint Joseph, MO 64506

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
44th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,207 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. James Spurlock, DO

Woodbury, TN 37190

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
54th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,680 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$201 Cash

Dr. Ihosvani Miguel, MD

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
36th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Complex Endocrine, Thyroid & Metabolic Biomarker Managemen [CPT 99214] • In-office thyroid/parathyroid neck ultrasound (CPT 76536) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,387 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Gordon Grado, MD

Scottsdale, AZ 85251

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
63rd AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Precision genomic tumor profiling & subspecialty diagnostics (5,985 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$210 Cash

Dr. Puneet Braich, MD

Danville, IL 61832

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
7th IL 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 (861 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$218 Cash
★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
24th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Complex Endocrine, Thyroid & Metabolic Biomarker Managemen [CPT 99214] • In-office thyroid/parathyroid neck ultrasound (CPT 76536) & subspecialty diagnostics (866 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$224 Cash

Dr. John Canio, MD

Roseville, CA 95661

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
20th 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 (861 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Wei-Chun Sheu, MD

Doylestown, PA 18901

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
87th 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 (1,447 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Brian Parker, MD

Cullman, AL 35058

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
93rd AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (9,160 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. James Applegate, MD

Oklahoma City, OK 73104

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
82nd OK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (438 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Robert Meloy, MD

Bloomsburg, PA 17815

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
77th 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 (2,226 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.6

Dr. Hope Richard, MD

Richmond, VA 23298

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
25th 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 (1,147 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Sheena Nguyen, DO

Edmonds, WA 98026

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
19th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,415 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$222 Cash

Dr. Jana Mckenzie, DO

Saint Joseph, MO 64506

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
71st 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 (1,099 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jason Garringer, MD

Rochester, NY 14642

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
13th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Coronary angiography & percutaneous coronary intervention (CPT 92928) & subspecialty diagnostics (842 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. Michael Oertly, MD

Spokane, WA 99208

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
85th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (518 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$222 Cash

Dr. Jonathan Lu, MD

San Francisco, CA 94110

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
9th 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 (958 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$250 Cash

Dr. Kara Dupuy-Mccauley, MD

Rochester, MN 55905

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
92nd 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 (628 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Bruce Hoak, MD

Dallas, TX 75252

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
80th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,494 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$211 Cash

Dr. Robert Mcclees, MD

Los Alamos, NM 87544

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
48th NM Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,264 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Daniel Baram, MD

Columbia, MD 21044

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
28th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,103 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Gregory Smith, MD

Little Rock, AR 72205

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
89th 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 (1,368 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Shahid Malik, MD

Johnson City, NY 13790

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
51st 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 (910 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. Luke Habegger, MD

Asheville, NC 28801

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
30th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (995 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Alfred Enriquez, MD

Medford, NJ 08055

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
5th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (684 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Marissa Esquivel, MD

Midlothian, VA 23114

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
86th VA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,678 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Reza Shahim, MD

North Little Rock, AR 72118

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
13th AR Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Cervical/lumbar microdiscectomy & decompression (CPT 63030 / 63047) & subspecialty diagnostics (811 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Urology ★ 4.6

Dr. Richard Matern, MD

Salt Lake City, UT 84103

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
30th UT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Urologic, BPH & Androgen Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Post-void residual bladder ultrasound (CPT 51798) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,573 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. David Xu, MD

Irvine, CA 92604

★★★★★ 4.9 (25)
84th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Precision genomic tumor profiling & subspecialty diagnostics (134,419 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$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.