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Neurology ★ 4.6

Dr. James Bumgartner, MD

Charleston, SC 29403

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
37th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Neurologic, Migraine & Movement Evaluation [CPT 99214] • EMG & nerve conduction velocity studies for neuropathy/sciatica (CPT 95886 / 95910) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,680 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.8

Dr. Pampana Gowd, MD

Bakersfield, CA 93308

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
86th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (9,230 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Moneer Eddin, MD

Lancaster, CA 93534

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
71st 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 (2,716 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Andrew Adamson, MD

Wilmington, NC 28401

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
16th 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 (1,270 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Yash Shah, MD

Southfield, MI 48075

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
27th 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 (1,125 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Komal Desai, MD

Kansas City, MO 64111

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
27th MO 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 (1,664 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Dru Dethlefs, DO

Phoenix, AZ 85020

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
62nd 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 (1,787 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$207 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.8

Dr. David Kandath, MD

Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
76th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,621 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$232 Cash
Podiatry ★ 4.7

Dr. Roger Moblad, DPM

Kerrville, TX 78028

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
78th 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 (2,390 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash
★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
49th MS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,406 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash
Podiatry ★ 4.8
★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
99th 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 (12,153 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$216 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.6

Dr. Lawrence Oliver, MD

Fort Pierce, FL 34950

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
67th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,502 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Mark Adkins, MD

Rochester, MN 55905

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
46th 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 (2,900 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Roger Eagan, MD

Bremerton, WA 98310

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
90th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,900 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$222 Cash

Dr. Charles Brooks, MD

Shawnee, KS 66226

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
43rd KS Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,287 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Matej Polomsky, MD

Wilmington, NC 28403

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
38th NC 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 (2,062 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Wayne Bellucci, MD

Riverhead, NY 11901

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
67th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,258 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$232 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.7

Dr. Karthiek Narala, MD

Henderson, NV 89052

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
61st NV Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,133 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Sumeet Chavan, MD

Shavano Park, TX 78249

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
50th 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 (1,426 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Marc Taormina, MD

Lees Summit, MO 64064

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
96th MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (30,041 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. William Gill, MD

Fleming Island, FL 32003

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
69th FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,922 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Daniel Nguyen, MD

Houston, TX 77030

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
25th 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 (1,171 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$212 Cash

Dr. Jason Morris, DO

Port St Lucie, FL 34952

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
41st 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 (819 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Lauren Bernstein, MD

Asheville, NC 28806

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
86th NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Complex Endocrine, Thyroid & Metabolic Biomarker Managemen [CPT 99214] • In-office thyroid/parathyroid neck ultrasound (CPT 76536) & subspecialty diagnostics (10,702 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.7

Dr. Lindsay Hendricks, OD

Poulsbo, WA 98370

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
92nd 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 (1,388 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$222 Cash

Dr. Syed Ahsan, MD

Detroit, MI 48202

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
52nd 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 (1,306 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.6

Dr. Vahid Azimi, MD

Saint Louis, MO 63110

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
47th 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 (1,617 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.7

Dr. Wade Schmidt, MD

St Cloud, MN 56303

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
55th MN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,410 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Warren Wilkes, MD

Fort Myers, FL 33966

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
41st FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,662 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Key Vaquera, MD

Dallas, TX 75235

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
69th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,279 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$211 Cash

Dr. Timothy Keating, MD

Morton Grove, IL 60053

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
78th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (6,704 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$218 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.5

Dr. Melissa Stanton, MD

Scottsdale, AZ 85259

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
36th 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 (1,673 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$210 Cash

Dr. Duccio Baldari, MD

Wellington, FL 33449

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
63rd FL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Coronary angiography & percutaneous coronary intervention (CPT 92928) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,243 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$216 Cash

Dr. Swaytha Yalamanchi, MD

Palo Alto, CA 94301

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
94th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Complex Endocrine, Thyroid & Metabolic Biomarker Managemen [CPT 99214] • In-office thyroid/parathyroid neck ultrasound (CPT 76536) & subspecialty diagnostics (25,855 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Parker Hollingsworth, MD

Roseville, CA 95661

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
53rd CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,797 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Mandy Harting, MD

The Woodlands, TX 77380

★★★★★ 4.8 (26)
44th TX Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (2,688 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$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.