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Optometry ★ 4.7

Dr. Joe Hayley, OD

Wichita Falls, TX 76309

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
92nd 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 (1,235 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.6

Dr. Robert Goulart, MD

Springfield, MA 01104

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
46th 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 (1,443 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$224 Cash

Dr. Adalberto Alfonso, MD

Lakeland, FL 33805

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
46th 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 (852 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$216 Cash

Dr. David Mcallister, DO

Des Moines, IA 50314

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
17th IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Coronary angiography & percutaneous coronary intervention (CPT 92928) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,271 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jeffrey Ginsburg, MD

Riverdale, NJ 07457

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
28th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Ear, Nose, Sinus & Throat Examination [CPT 99213] • Diagnostic nasal endoscopy (CPT 31231) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,267 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Mark Kupersmith, MD

New York, NY 10019

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
31st 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 (1,768 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Patricia Mccormack, MD

Staten Island, NY 10314

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
67th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (3,680 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$232 Cash

Dr. Ian Brimhall, DO

Anchorage, AK 99508

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
80th AK Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,265 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jonathan Chang, MD

Middleton, WI 53562

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
86th WI 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 (7,583 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Sungjun Hwang, MD

Canandaigua, NY 14424

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
30th 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 (1,727 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$232 Cash
★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
93rd PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,145 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. William Payne, MD

Olympia Fields, IL 60461

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
26th IL Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,560 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$218 Cash

Dr. James Williams, MD

Columbia, SC 29210

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
67th SC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (130,679 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. James Demidovich, DO

Canfield, OH 44406

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
60th OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,490 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash
Urology ★ 4.6

Dr. Ryan Street, MD

Puyallup, WA 98372

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
45th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Urologic, BPH & Androgen Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Post-void residual bladder ultrasound (CPT 51798) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,095 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$222 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.5

Dr. Howard Cobert, MD

East Norriton, PA 19403

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
34th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,778 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Justin Rice, MD

West Des Moines, IA 50266

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
31st IA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,211 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.6

Dr. Bradley Hines, OD

Memphis, TN 38111

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
59th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (784 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$201 Cash

Dr. Sameer Tapryal, MD

Las Vegas, NV 89145

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
52nd 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 (1,491 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Raghuveer Halkar, MD

Atlanta, GA 30322

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
42nd 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 (547 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$210 Cash
Cardiology ★ 4.4

Dr. Angela Ghuneim, DO

Jackson, MI 49201

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
13th MI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Cardiology Consultation & Hemodynamic Review [CPT 99214] • Transthoracic echocardiography (CPT 93306) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,105 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash
Neurology ★ 4.5

Dr. Eyad Nayal, MD

Wayne, NJ 07470

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
23rd 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 (1,100 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Andrew Donelson, MD

Frederick, MD 21702

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
75th 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 (2,990 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Robert Boynton, MD

Flourtown, PA 19031

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
96th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (12,745 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Efaza Siddiqui, MD

Worcester, MA 01655

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
14th 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 (685 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$224 Cash

Dr. Kirti Malhotra, MD

Annapolis, MD 21401

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
79th 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 (3,270 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Blessit George, DO

Paterson, NJ 07503

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
87th 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 (543 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Joshua Meneses, DO

Modesto, CA 95356

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
65th CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,985 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$239 Cash

Dr. Stephen Watts, MD

Wyandotte, MI 48192

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
15th MI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (775 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Alexandra Boll, MD

Sheboygan, WI 53081

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
99th 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 (4,515 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Bernard Spier, MD

South Orange, NJ 07079

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
12th NJ 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 (1,204 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Wilson Phu, DO

Dayton, OH 45405

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
83rd 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 (1,328 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Brent Hayek, MD

Gainesville, GA 30501

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
64th 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 (3,594 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts Cigna ~$209 Cash

Dr. Elizabeth Winters, MD

Baton Rouge, LA 70817

★★★★★ 4.7 (26)
19th LA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Comprehensive multi-system diagnostic evaluation (CPT 99204/99214) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,020 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.

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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.

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