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Dr. Robert Corkern, MD

Greenville, MS 38703

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
1st MS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (629 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Neurology ★ 4.8

Dr. Hida Nierenburg, MD

Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
89th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Neurologic, Migraine & Movement Evaluation [CPT 99214] • EMG & nerve conduction velocity studies for neuropathy/sciatica (CPT 95886 / 95910) & subspecialty diagnostics (18,966 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. David Wexler, MD

Marlborough, MA 01752

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
27th MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Ear, Nose, Sinus & Throat Examination [CPT 99213] • Diagnostic nasal endoscopy (CPT 31231) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,007 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$224 Cash

Dr. Dileep Menon, MD

Rio Grande City, TX 78582

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
9th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Coronary angiography & percutaneous coronary intervention (CPT 92928) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,045 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jaime Dickerson, MD

Sacramento, CA 95821

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
91st 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 (528 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Brian Lee, DO

Durant, OK 74701

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
97th OK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (16,485 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Moshir Jacob, MD

Toledo, OH 43623

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
81st 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 (2,551 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Yijung Yang, MD

Chicago, IL 60631

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
92nd 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 (565 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$222 Cash

Dr. Alison Treister, MD

Chicago, IL 60605

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
84th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (1,758 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$222 Cash

Dr. Matthew Dugan, DO

Westbrook, ME 04092

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
75th ME Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Precision genomic tumor profiling & subspecialty diagnostics (165,804 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Justine Decastro, MD

Hanahan, SC 29410

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
17th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (970 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
85th 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 (551 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$227 Cash

Dr. Andrew Sun, MD

Cincinnati, OH 45220

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
95th 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 (5,464 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Swapna Eisinger, MD

Indianapolis, IN 46237

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
96th IN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Ear, Nose, Sinus & Throat Examination [CPT 99213] • Diagnostic nasal endoscopy (CPT 31231) & subspecialty diagnostics (615 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Alif Manejwala, MD

Glen Burnie, MD 21061

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
55th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,591 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jason Faller, MD

New York, NY 10019

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
76th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Autoimmune Arthritis & Biologic/DMARD Safety Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Musculoskeletal ultrasound synovitis grading (CPT 76881) & subspecialty diagnostics (47,512 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Dylan Woolum, MD

Lexington, KY 40536

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
87th 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 (532 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Psychiatry ★ 4.8

Dr. John Winkelman, MD

Boston, MA 02114

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
93rd MA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Psychopharmacology Medication & Symptom Titration Visit [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive psychiatric diagnostic evaluation (CPT 90792) & subspecialty diagnostics (577 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$227 Cash

Dr. Yuri Gelland, MD

San Diego, CA 92123

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
90th 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 (490 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Emily Sanders, AUD

Glenwood Springs, CO 81601

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
98th 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 (1,031 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$211 Cash

Dr. Terrence O'donovan, MD

Glen Burnie, MD 21061

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
15th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,454 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.7

Dr. Cecilia Gimenez, MD

Glen Oaks, NY 11004

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
58th 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 (1,556 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. Jonathan Ferns, MD

Shawnee Mission, KS 66204

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
92nd KS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (690 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Shahzad Jokhio, MD

Galveston, TX 77555

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
64th 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 (512 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Philip Moberg, MD

Seattle, WA 98133

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
82nd WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Autoimmune Arthritis & Biologic/DMARD Safety Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Musculoskeletal ultrasound synovitis grading (CPT 76881) & subspecialty diagnostics (33,381 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$225 Cash

Dr. Fuad Bashjawish, DO

Rockaway, NJ 07866

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
88th 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 (619 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Urology ★ 4.6

Dr. Randall Dooley, MD

O Fallon, IL 62269

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
36th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Urologic, BPH & Androgen Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Post-void residual bladder ultrasound (CPT 51798) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,294 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$218 Cash
Neurology ★ 4.8

Dr. Palak Patel, MD

Edison, NJ 08820

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
87th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Neurologic, Migraine & Movement Evaluation [CPT 99214] • EMG & nerve conduction velocity studies for neuropathy/sciatica (CPT 95886 / 95910) & subspecialty diagnostics (577 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Deepika Tumkur, MD

Bluff City, TN 37618

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
19th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (989 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$201 Cash

Dr. Michael Kullman, MD

Mount Kisco, NY 10549

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
91st 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 (613 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. Kahren Aydinyan, DO

Saint Albans, VT 05478

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
17th VT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Ear, Nose, Sinus & Throat Examination [CPT 99213] • Diagnostic nasal endoscopy (CPT 31231) & subspecialty diagnostics (792 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Michael Pascolini, DO

Boardman, OH 44512

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
10th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Ear, Nose, Sinus & Throat Examination [CPT 99213] • Diagnostic nasal endoscopy (CPT 31231) & subspecialty diagnostics (716 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Sameh Yonan, MD

Lorain, OH 44053

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
30th OH 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 (1,066 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Podiatry ★ 4.6

Dr. Steven Carter, DPM

Covington, GA 30014

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
45th 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 (1,304 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. James Lasker, MD

Vero Beach, FL 32960

★★★★★ 4.8 (25)
95th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Precision genomic tumor profiling & subspecialty diagnostics (611 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.

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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.