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Dr. Matthew Goodstein, DO

Albuquerque, NM 87131

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
81st NM Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (7,933 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Amy Patel, MD

Saint Louis, MO 63110

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
76th 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 (4,986 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
81st ME Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,490 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Paul Johnson, MD

Fort Collins, CO 80524

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
59th CO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,480 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$211 Cash

Dr. Victor Hu, MD

Naperville, IL 60540

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
55th 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 (3,549 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$218 Cash

Dr. Terry Pitts, DO

Laurel, MS 39440

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
96th MS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (18,629 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Steven Kruis, DO

Cincinnati, OH 45220

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
56th 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 (2,721 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Vikram Shivaji, MD

Winston Salem, NC 27157

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
59th 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 (3,511 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Daniel Stucker, MD

Mountain View, CA 94040

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
95th 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 (33,682 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Travis Fuchs, MD

Daytona Beach, FL 32117

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
60th 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 (4,792 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.8

Dr. Joseph Christiana, MD

Kingston, NY 12401

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
97th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (13,367 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. Saurabh Agarwal, MD

Warwick, RI 02886

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
67th 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 (7,481 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Monika Srivastava, MD

Vero Beach, FL 32960

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
97th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (25,503 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Ceylan Cankurtaran, MD

Santa Monica, CA 90404

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
94th 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 (31,636 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Maria Colombo, MD

Scottsdale, AZ 85259

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
37th AZ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,824 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$210 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.7

Dr. Charles Tsai, MD

Modesto, CA 95355

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
64th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,801 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Ly Huynh, MD

Vancouver, WA 98664

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
46th 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 (3,057 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$222 Cash

Dr. Donald Posner, MD

Shreveport, LA 71104

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
97th LA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (13,682 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Douglas Leone, MD

Branson, MO 65616

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
89th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (10,477 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Urology ★ 4.9

Dr. Hugh Perkin, MD

Templeton, CA 93465

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
96th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Urologic, BPH & Androgen Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Post-void residual bladder ultrasound (CPT 51798) & subspecialty diagnostics (57,598 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. James Lockwood, MD

Augusta, GA 30909

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
83rd GA 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 (6,696 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.7

Dr. Nelson Telles Garcia, MD

Des Moines, IA 50309

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
72nd IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,698 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Podiatry ★ 4.9

Dr. Lisa Parsons, DPM

Clearwater, FL 33760

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
96th 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 (7,540 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. James Sutherland, DO

Grand Haven, MI 49417

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
70th 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 (3,152 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.7

Dr. Sylvia Marie Biso, MD

Portland, OR 97239

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
70th OR Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,959 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kenneth Crosby, MD

Lynchburg, VA 24501

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
59th 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 (4,982 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Peter Ramsey, MD

Conway, SC 29526

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
67th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,799 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Edward Zaragoza, MD

Santa Monica, CA 90404

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
84th 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 (13,296 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.7

Dr. Andrew Fowler, MD

Chattanooga, TN 37404

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
75th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,367 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$201 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.6

Dr. Maninder Singh, MD

Salisbury, MD 21801

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
53rd MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,237 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Robert Llanos, MD

Newark, NJ 07112

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
38th 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 (2,979 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. David Novick, MD

Lawrence, MA 01841

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
54th 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 (2,909 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$224 Cash

Dr. David Hirschorn, MD

Staten Island, NY 10305

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
70th 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 (6,296 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.7

Dr. Leo Podolsky, MD

Paoli, PA 19301

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
93rd PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,267 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Renee Deweese, MD

Gastonia, NC 28054

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
85th 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 (7,370 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.