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Dr. Blas Reyes, MD

Miami, FL 33173

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
39th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,354 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$227 Cash

Dr. Facundo Stingo, MD

Rutland, VT 05701

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
67th VT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,203 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
97th 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 (828 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Podiatry ★ 4.7

Dr. Adam Killpack, DO

Port Angeles, WA 98362

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
50th 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 (1,487 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$222 Cash

Dr. Aaron Andrade, MD

Oakland, CA 94602

★★★★★ 4.7 (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 (595 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash

Dr. Alireza Vaziri, MD

Brighton, MA 02135

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
98th 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 (1,035 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$224 Cash

Dr. David Fisher, MD

Bethany, OK 73008

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
98th OK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (17,284 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Eric Zabat, MD

Malvern, PA 19355

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
42nd PA 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 (3,146 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Benjamin Quigley, MD

Petesburg, VA 23805

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
85th 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 (524 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Patrick Mclucas, DO

Hollidaysburg, PA 16648

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
74th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,125 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Alan Sheyman, MD

New York, NY 10075

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
97th NY 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 (7,761 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash
Psychiatry ★ 4.8

Dr. Ramesh Thapar, MD

Gaithersburg, MD 20877

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
94th MD Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Psychopharmacology Medication & Symptom Titration Visit [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive psychiatric diagnostic evaluation (CPT 90792) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,523 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Glenn Jonas, MD

Kennesaw, GA 30144

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
78th GA 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 (6,235 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.7

Dr. Missy Blowers, OD

Selkirk, NY 12158

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
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 (723 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$232 Cash

Dr. Michael Koning, MD

Victor, MT 59875

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
94th MT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (509 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Harold Branch, MD

Beebe, AR 72012

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
64th AR Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,261 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ivan Richard, MD

Camden, NJ 08103

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
68th 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 (1,052 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Cezar Tapnio, MD

Allenwood, NJ 08720

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
95th 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 (605 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Philip Ojeabulu, MD

Maplesville, AL 36750

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
25th 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 (715 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Yancey Lawrence, MD

Seattle, WA 98104

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
95th 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 (587 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$225 Cash

Dr. Nadeem Vaidya, MD

Irvine, CA 92618

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
91st 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 (20,760 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$239 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
98th IN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (23,748 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Elizabeth Smith, MD

Chicago, IL 60612

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
90th 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 (550 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$222 Cash

Dr. Brenden Akins, MD

Atlanta, GA 30328

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
98th 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 (630 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$210 Cash

Dr. Franklin Cavender, MD

Maywood, IL 60153

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
96th 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 (994 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$218 Cash

Dr. Karandeep Maur, MD

Greer, SC 29650

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
18th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (814 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Raymond Rock, MD

West Chester, OH 45069

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
93rd OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Ear, Nose, Sinus & Throat Examination [CPT 99213] • Diagnostic nasal endoscopy (CPT 31231) & subspecialty diagnostics (620 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. N Mullai, MD

Somerset, KY 42503

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
94th KY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Precision genomic tumor profiling & subspecialty diagnostics (82,183 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Linas Adams, MD

Morristown, TN 37814

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
17th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (797 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$201 Cash

Dr. Joseph Freeman, MD

Covington, TN 38019

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
99th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,502 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$201 Cash

Dr. Aaron Ginster, MD

Grafton, WI 53024

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
16th WI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (659 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. William Ward, MD

Rochester, MN 55905

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
93rd 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 (6,994 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash
Psychiatry ★ 4.8

Dr. James Butler, MD

Dallas, TX 75251

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
91st TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Psychopharmacology Medication & Symptom Titration Visit [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive psychiatric diagnostic evaluation (CPT 90792) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,301 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$211 Cash

Dr. Gregory White, DO

Celina, OH 45822

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
71st 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 (421 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts BlueCross BlueShield ~$209 Cash

Dr. Richard Huntley, MD

Norwalk, CT 06851

★★★★★ 4.7 (25)
93rd CT Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (3,777 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.