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Dr. Eduardo Pestana, MD

Sarasota, FL 34239

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
83rd 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 (504 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.8

Dr. Mackenzie Black, OD

Avondale, AZ 85392

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
73rd 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 (1,034 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$207 Cash

Dr. Joseph Stolp, DO

Omaha, NE 68114

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
60th 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 (972 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Leonard Waldenberger, MD

Tallahassee, FL 32308

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
55th 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 (1,726 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Christine Lai, MD

Hot Springs, AR 71913

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
62nd 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 (2,305 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Noel Lucas, DO

North Miami Beach, FL 33169

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
22nd 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 (911 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Jonathan Journey, MD

Gainesville, FL 32605

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
61st 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 (354 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Patchouco Theodore, MD

Knoxville, TN 37920

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
72nd TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (454 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$201 Cash

Dr. William Tauxe, MD

Anacortes, WA 98221

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
73rd WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,899 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$222 Cash

Dr. Andrew Le, DO

Las Vegas, NV 89106

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
81st 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 (490 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.7

Dr. Shawna Heintz, OD

Gladstone, MO 64119

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
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 (672 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. William Sanders, MD

Cincinnati, OH 45219

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
27th 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 (854 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. James Craven, MD

Baton Rouge, LA 70808

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
20th LA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy & hernia repair (CPT 47562 / 49650) & subspecialty diagnostics (803 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Psychiatry ★ 4.7

Dr. Paul Maguire, MD

Dover, NH 03820

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
81st NH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Psychopharmacology Medication & Symptom Titration Visit [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive psychiatric diagnostic evaluation (CPT 90792) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,321 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Noelia Rodriguez, MD

Rockville, MD 20852

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
62nd MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,040 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Psychiatry ★ 4.7

Dr. Syed Zaidi, MD

Hackensack, NJ 07601

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
89th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Psychopharmacology Medication & Symptom Titration Visit [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive psychiatric diagnostic evaluation (CPT 90792) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,898 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Qing Tai, MD

Bridgewater, NJ 08807

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
54th NJ 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 (3,398 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Kaidi Wang, MD

Seattle, WA 98101

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
20th WA 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 (1,415 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$225 Cash

Dr. Larissa Morsky, MD

Bakersfield, CA 93306

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
66th 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 (421 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Angela Bell, MD

Roseville, CA 95661

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
67th 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 (431 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Bodo Treu, MD

Omaha, NE 68122

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
42nd NE Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,327 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
11th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (712 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash
Neurology ★ 4.5

Dr. Eacharangad Jacob, MD

Panama City, FL 32401

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
12th 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 (793 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Hira Cheema, MD

Little Rock, AR 72205

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
21st 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 (928 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Mayda Arias, MD

Ft Lauderdale, FL 33308

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
8th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Precision genomic tumor profiling & subspecialty diagnostics (809 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 Cash

Dr. Linda Redderson, MD

Simpsonville, SC 29681

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
34th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,437 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Chaitanya Musham, MD

Little Rock, AR 72205

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
31st 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 (1,196 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Salah Sherif, MD

Roseville, CA 95661

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
74th 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 (473 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Abhishek Polavarapu, MD

Cincinnati, OH 45219

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
81st OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,563 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Donald Williams, MD

Fairhope, AL 36532

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
82nd AL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (514 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Lucas Armstrong, MD

Bloomington, IL 61704

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
61st IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,896 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$218 Cash

Dr. Deaunte Thompson, MD

Knoxville, TN 37920

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
74th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (469 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$201 Cash

Dr. Diana Svinarich, MD

Detroit, MI 48201

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
71st 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 (408 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Manzoor Bevinal, MD

Corpus Christi, TX 78411

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
45th 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 (1,303 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Matthew Irvin, MD

Palm Harbor, FL 34683

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
45th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,520 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$216 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.