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★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
10th 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 (668 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$216 Cash

Dr. William Falls, MD

Hickory, NC 28601

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
93rd NC Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Ear, Nose, Sinus & Throat Examination [CPT 99213] • Diagnostic nasal endoscopy (CPT 31231) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,428 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Alfred Belding, MD

Smithtown, NY 11787

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
89th NY Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,712 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$232 Cash

Dr. Patrick Gray, MD

Windber, PA 15963

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
81st 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 (2,509 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jesse Kaplan, MD

Orange, CA 92868

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
24th CA 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 (1,253 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$239 Cash

Dr. Siamak Etehad, MD

Northridge, CA 91325

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
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 (7,518 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$239 Cash
Podiatry ★ 4.8

Dr. Ivan Rubiano, DPM

Roanoke, VA 24016

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
60th 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 (2,245 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.7

Dr. Edmund Cibas, MD

Boston, MA 02115

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
47th 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 (1,462 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$227 Cash

Dr. Lindsay Troyer, MD

Indianapolis, IN 46202

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
31st 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 (732 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Andrew Yang, MD

Columbus, OH 43222

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
53rd OH Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Moderate-to-High Complexity Internal Medicine Follow-Up [CPT 99214] • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy & hernia repair (CPT 47562 / 49650) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,115 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash
Optometry ★ 4.8

Dr. Robert Murphy, OD

Wichita, KS 67205

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
67th 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 (854 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Alan Parsa, MD

Honolulu, HI 96817

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
33rd HI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Complex Endocrine, Thyroid & Metabolic Biomarker Managemen [CPT 99214] • In-office thyroid/parathyroid neck ultrasound (CPT 76536) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,242 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Nader Helmi, DO

Las Vegas, NV 89147

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
70th NV 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 (5,636 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Brian Moloney, MD

Milwaukee, WI 53215

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
66th WI Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,016 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Ayne Geberemariam, MD

Annapolis, MD 21401

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
45th 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 (1,414 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Jeffrey Cohen, MD

Jonesboro, AR 72401

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
8th AR Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Pulmonary, Asthma & COPD Management [CPT 99214] • Complete pulmonary function testing / spirometry with bronchodilator response (CPT 94060) & subspecialty diagnostics (933 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Shelby Bonish, AUD

Annapolis, MD 21401

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
95th 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 (1,114 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. David Waterman, MD

Logan, UT 84341

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
3rd UT 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 (876 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Richard Riegel, MD

Chesterfield, MO 63017

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
72nd MO Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Gastroenterology, GERD & IBD Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Diagnostic & screening colonoscopy with polypectomy (CPT 45378 / 45385) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,771 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.8

Dr. Jefree Schulte, MD

Madison, WI 53792

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
76th 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 (2,150 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Quita Cruciger, MD

San Francisco, CA 94115

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
61st CA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Cryotherapy Destruction of Premalignant Actinic Lesion [CPT 17000] • Total-body dermoscopy skin checks & subspecialty diagnostics (4,497 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$250 Cash

Dr. Robert Mannherz, MD

Southampton, PA 18966

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
85th PA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (8,841 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Stuart Smith, MD

Nashville, TN 37209

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
68th TN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Focused Orthopedic Joint & Spine Mobility Evaluation [CPT 99213] • Ultrasound-guided major joint aspirations/injections (CPT 20610 / 20611) & subspecialty diagnostics (4,951 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$202 Cash
Urology ★ 4.6

Dr. Richard Ioffreda, MD

North Brunswick, NJ 08902

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
29th NJ Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Established Urologic, BPH & Androgen Evaluation [CPT 99214] • Post-void residual bladder ultrasound (CPT 51798) & subspecialty diagnostics (2,647 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Suraj Patel, MD

Colton, CA 92324

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
56th 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 (933 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$239 Cash

Dr. Gregory Schneider, MD

Philadelphia, PA 19141

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
48th 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 (858 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash
Pathology ★ 4.8

Dr. Brian Carlile, DO

Fort Worth, TX 76104

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
76th 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 (2,087 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Artyom Abramyan, DO

Tucson, AZ 85719

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
22nd 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 (1,449 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$207 Cash

Dr. Lisa Jamsa Tollefson, MD

East Grand Forks, MN 56721

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
95th MN Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (5,842 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Semab Ahmad, MD

Annapolis, MD 21401

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
31st 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 (1,102 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$209 Cash

Dr. Cris Perez, DO

Puyallup, WA 98372

★★★★★ 5.0 (26)
68th WA Pct

Top Billed Procedure: Comprehensive Primary Care & Chronic Protocol Management [CPT 99214] • Preventive wellness exams (CPT 99395/99396) & subspecialty diagnostics (1,697 CMS services/yr).

✓ Accepts UnitedHealthcare ~$222 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.