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  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (739)
  • Aetna (733)
  • Cigna (726)
  • Tufts Health Plan (722)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts (699)
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Gender
  • Female (208)
  • Male (875)

Age

Age
  • Under 40 (100)
  • 41-50 (189)
  • 51-60 (183)
  • 61-70 (154)
  • Over 70 (222)

Availability

Availability
  • Today (90)
  • Tomorrow (97)
  • Schedules online (2)
  • Accepts new patients (707)
  • Telehealth (318)

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Language
  • Albanian (1)
  • Arabic (7)
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  • French (34)
  • French Creole (2)
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  • Greek (2)
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Patient Satisfaction
  • 5 Stars (149)
  • 4 Stars And Higher (549)
  • 3 Stars And Higher (718)
  • 2 Stars And Higher (766)
  • 1 Star And Higher (786)

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Affiliated Facility
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (105)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (89)
  • Newton-Wellesley Hospital (85)
  • Beverly Hospital (77)
  • Milford Regional Medical Center (76)
  • Winchester Hospital (61)
  • Charlton Memorial Hospital (59)
  • Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington (57)
  • Emerson Hospital (56)
  • Cape Cod Hospital (45)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (44)
  • Baystate Medical Center (44)
  • UMass Memorial Medical Center-Memorial Campus (44)
  • Tufts Medical Center (44)
  • New England Baptist Hospital (44)
  • Lawrence General Hospital (41)
  • Cooley Dickinson Hospital (41)
  • Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital (41)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth (40)
  • South Shore Hospital (38)
  • Melrosewakefield Hospital (37)
  • Boston Children's Hospital (37)
  • Falmouth Hospital (36)
  • Saint Vincent Hospital (35)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton (31)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham (31)
  • Anna Jaques Hospital (31)
  • Boston Medical Center (30)
  • North Shore Medical Center (30)
  • UMass Memorial Healh Harrington Hospital (28)
  • Mount Auburn Hospital (27)
  • Lowell General Hospital (24)
  • Good Samaritan Medical Center (23)
  • Morton Hospital (23)
  • Metrowest Medical Center (23)
  • St. Elizabeth's Medical Center (23)
  • Martha's Vineyard Hospital (21)
  • Cha Cambridge Hospital (21)
  • UMass Memorial Healthalliance-Clinton Hospital, Leominster Campus (20)
  • Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital (20)
  • Fairview Hospital (20)
  • Heywood Hospital (19)
  • Nashoba Valley Medical Center (18)
  • Berkshire Medical Center (17)
  • Holy Family Hospital-Methuen (17)
  • Saint Anne's Hospital (16)
  • Sturdy Memorial Hospital (16)
  • York Hospital (15)
  • Norwood Hospital (14)
  • Maine Medical Center (14)
  • Portsmouth Regional Hospital (13)
  • Mercy Medical Center (13)
  • Elliot Hospital (12)
  • Baystate Franklin Medical Center (12)
  • Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center (12)
  • Parkland Medical Center (10)
  • Carney Hospital (10)
  • Marlborough Hospital (10)
  • Baystate Wing Hospital (9)
  • St. Joseph Hospital (9)
  • Exeter Hospital (9)
  • Southern NH Medical Center (8)
  • Nantucket Cottage Hospital (8)
  • University of Vermont Medical Center (8)
  • Holyoke Medical Center (8)
  • Catholic Medical Center (8)
  • Southern Maine Health Care (8)
  • Rhode Island Hospital (7)
  • South County Hospital (7)
  • Athol Memorial Hospital (6)
  • The Miriam Hospital (6)
  • Jupiter Medical Center (6)
  • Newport Hospital (6)
  • Central Vermont Medical Center (6)
  • Backus Hospital (6)
  • Concord Hospital (6)
  • Concord Hospital-Laconia (6)
  • Baystate Noble Hospital (6)
  • Cheshire Medical Center (5)
  • Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (5)
  • Huggins Hospital (5)
  • Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (5)
  • Monadnock Community Hospital (5)
  • Mainegeneral Medical Center (5)
  • Our Lady of Fatima Hospital (4)
  • Southcoast Hospitals Group-Tobey (4)
  • Albany Medical Center Hospital (4)
  • Hartford Hospital (4)
  • Northern Light A R Gould Hospital (4)
  • Pen Bay Medical Center (4)
  • Franklin Memorial Hospital (4)
  • Kent County Memorial Hospital (4)
  • Glens Falls Hospital (4)
  • VCU Medical Center Main Hospital (3)
  • Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (3)
  • Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (3)
  • Lee Memorial Hospital (3)
  • Northern Light Mercy Hospital (3)
  • UMass Memorial Medical Center (3)
  • Mid Coast Hospital (3)
  • Hospital for Special Surgery (3)
  • Northern Maine Medical Center (3)
  • UH Cleveland Medical Center (3)
  • Saint Francis Hospital (3)
  • Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital (2)
  • Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital (2)
  • New York-Presbyterian Hospital (2)
  • Marinhealth Medical Center (2)
  • UPMC Mercy (2)
  • Copley Hospital (2)
  • University Hospital-University of Michigan (2)
  • St. Mary Medical Center (2)
  • Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital (2)
  • Grady Memorial Hospital (2)
  • USC Medical Center (2)
  • Columbia Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Naples Community Hospital (2)
  • Providence St. Peter Hospital (2)
  • Staten Island University Hospital (2)
  • Lincolnhealth-Miles Campus & Hospital (2)
  • University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center (2)
  • Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital (2)
  • MUSC Medical Center (2)
  • Frisbie Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Day Kimball Hospital (2)
  • HCA Florida Citrus Hospital (2)
  • Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca (2)
  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (2)
  • Mad River Community Hospital (2)
  • Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (2)
  • Corwell Health Big Rapids Hospital (1)
  • HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital (1)
  • Beaumont Hospital, Farmington Hills (1)
  • Regions Hospital (1)
  • Middlesex Hospital (1)
  • Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital (1)
  • Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital (1)
  • University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown (1)
  • Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center (1)
  • Riddle Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Homestead Hospital (1)
  • Nationwide Children's Hospital (1)
  • St. Anthony Hospital (1)
  • Mount Desert Island Hospital (1)
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  • Iowa Health Care (1)
  • Great Plains Health (1)
  • Mason General Hospital (1)
  • Central Maine Medical Center (1)
  • Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital (1)
  • NYU Langone Hospitals (1)
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  • Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital (1)
  • Heritage Valley Beaver (1)
  • Skagit Valley Hospital (1)
  • Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus (1)
  • Yale New Haven Hospital (1)
  • Penn Highlands Clearfield (1)
  • Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital (1)
  • UMass Memorial Medical Center-Hahnemann (1)
  • Fairchild Medical Center (1)
  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital (1)
  • Mercy Harvard Hospital (1)
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  • Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital (1)
  • Lake Health Beachwood Medical Center (1)
  • Phelps Hospital (1)
  • Mount Sinai Medical Center (1)
  • Northern Light Inland Hospital (1)
  • Saint Mary's Hospital (1)
  • HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital (1)
  • Pioneers Medical Center (1)
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  • Corewell Health Gerber Hospital (1)
  • Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital (1)
  • Androscoggin Valley Hospital (1)
  • Hackensack University Medical Center (1)
  • Massena Hospital (1)
  • St. Joseph's University Medical Center (1)
  • Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center (1)
  • River Hospital (1)
  • University of North Carolina Hospital (1)
  • Titusville Area Hospital (1)
  • Trinity Health Shelby Hospital (1)
  • Mercy Medical Center Merced (1)
  • University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics (1)
  • Sentara Careplex Hospital (1)
  • Penn Highlands Brookville (1)
  • UF Health Leesburg Hospital (1)
  • Wilkes Regional Medical Center (1)
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  • Beaufort County Memorial Hospital (1)
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  • Redington-Fairview General Hospital (1)
  • UC San Diego Health Hillcrest Hillcrest Medical Center (1)
  • Trinity Health System-East Campus (1)
  • Penn Highlands Elk (1)
  • St Clair Hospital (1)
  • Presence Saint Joseph Hospital Elgin (1)
  • Meadville Medical Center (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center (1)
  • Samaritan Hospital (1)
  • Adventist Health Glendale (1)
  • Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (1)
  • UW Medical Center-Montlake (1)
  • Logan Health Medical Center (1)
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (1)
  • Munson Healthcare Manistee Hospital (1)
  • CAMC Greenbrier Valley Medical Center (1)
  • Excela Health Frick Hospital (1)
  • Physicians Regional Medical Center Pine Ridge (1)
  • Sentara Obici Hospital (1)
  • Mercy Medical Center Mount Shasta (1)
  • Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (1)
  • O U Health University of Oklahoma Medical Center (1)
  • Charlotte Hungerford Hospital (1)
  • University of MD Shore Medical Center at Easton (1)
  • Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital (1)
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  • Advanced Surgical Hospital (1)
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (1)
  • St. Joseph Hospital (1)
  • Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center (1)
  • Newton Medical Center (1)
  • Speare Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Nathan Littauer Hospital (1)
  • St. Mary's Hospital Amsterdam (1)
  • Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital (1)
  • UPMC Somerset (1)
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  • Northwest Medical Center (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center (1)
  • Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital (1)
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  • CHRISTUS Saint Frances Cabrini Hospital (1)
  • Scripps Green Hospital (1)
  • Madison Medical Center (1)
  • Rady Children's Hospital San Diego (1)
  • Fairview Hospital (1)
  • Porter Medical Center (1)
  • Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center (1)
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  • Sentara Norfolk General Hospital (1)
  • Barnes Jewish Hospital (1)
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  • Corewell Health Ludington Hospital (1)
  • JFK University Medical Center (1)
  • Aurora Lakeland Medical Center (1)
  • University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics (1)
  • Marian Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Addison Gilbert Hospital (1)
  • Connecticut Children's Medical Center-Hartford (1)
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  • Akron Children's Hospital (1)
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  • Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Rockwall (1)
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  • University Hospital TriPoint Medical Center (1)
  • University Hospitals Parma Medical Center (1)
  • The Queens Medical Center (1)
  • UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights (1)
  • Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital (1)
  • UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (1)
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  • Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (1)
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  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue (1)
  • Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals Siena (1)
  • Beaumont Hospital, Trenton (1)
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (1)
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  • Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake Pointe (1)
  • Northshore University Healthsystem Evanston Hospital (1)
  • Nazareth Hospital (1)
  • Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital (1)
  • Penn Highlands Dubois (1)
  • Saint Francis Hospital (1)
  • Kettering Health Dayton (1)
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  • Trinity Health Muskegon Hospital (1)
  • Rutland Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Jefferson Stratford Hospital (1)
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  • Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center (1)
  • Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center (1)
  • Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (1)
  • Chilton Medical Center (1)
  • Saint Luke's Hospital of New Bedford (1)
  • FF Thompson Hospital (1)
  • Hunt Regional Healthcare (1)
  • Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital (1)
  • Trinity Health Grand Rapids Hospital (1)
  • Morristown Medical Center (1)
  • Wake Forest Baptist Health-High Point Medical Center (1)
  • Sentara Leigh Hospital (1)
  • The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Aspen Valley Hospital (1)
  • Seattle Children's Hospital (1)
  • Overlook Medical Center (1)
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  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (1)
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  • Asante Ashland Community Hospital (1)
  • Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber (1)
  • Saint Vincent Hospital (1)
  • Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center (1)
  • Bozeman Health Deaconess Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast (1)
  • Methodist Richardson Medical Center (1)
  • Mercy Health-St. Joseph Warren Hospital (1)
  • Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital (1)
  • Saint Alexius Medical Center (1)
  • Knox Community Hospital (1)
  • Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Inova Fair Oaks Hospital (1)
  • Holland Hospital (1)
  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital (1)
  • UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland (1)
  • El Camino Hospital (1)
  • Weeks Medical Center (1)
  • Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District (1)
  • Mariners Hospital (1)
  • Lewisgale Medical Center (1)
  • Providence St. Joseph Hospital Eureka (1)
  • UPMC Presbyterian (1)
  • Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1 (1)
  • Heritage Valley Kennedy (1)
  • UF Health Shands Hospital (1)
  • CHI St Joseph Regional Health Care Center (1)
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Frequently Asked Questions About Orthopedic Surgeons in Massachusetts

You can find top-rated group practices in Massachusetts using our group practice search feature (link to group practice state page). Simply select your city, and we'll provide you with a list of highly-rated group practices in your area.

Many orthopedic surgeons within our network are open to new patients. To locate them, initiatate a search for orthopedic surgeons in Massachusetts, and you'll see the available options. You can then use the filter option to specify orthopedic surgeons who are currently accepting new patients.

Certainly, to find orthopedic surgeons in Massachusetts that accept Cigna, simply perform a search for orthopedic surgeons in Massachusetts and use our filter options to refine your search by selecting 'Cigna' as your insurance provider. This will help you identify the orthopedic surgeons near you who are currently accepting Cigna insurance.

Female orthopedic surgeons in Massachusetts, can be located by using our doctor search tool. After performing a search for orthopedic surgeons near you, select 'Female' under gender to narrow your results.

To make the most of your upcoming doctor's appointment, start by gathering your medical records and listing your current medications. Take note of your symptoms and any questions you have. Don't forget to bring your insurance card and identification, and try to arrive a bit early. If your doctor provided specific instructions, be sure to follow them. Consider taking a trusted friend or family member for support during the appointment, and remember to be open and honest with your doctor about any changes in your health or concerns you may have.

Seeking a second opinion is your right as a patient. To do so, begin by discussing your desire for a second opinion with your current doctor. They can often recommend another specialist. You can also research and contact a specialist directly using our doctor finder. Ensure that your medical records and test results are shared between both doctors for a comprehensive evaluation.

You may need to see a specialist if you have a specific medical condition or symptoms beyond the scope of your primary care doctor. To get a referral, start by discussing your concerns with your primary care physician. They can evaluate your condition and provide a referral if necessary. Many insurance plans require referrals for specialist visits, so be sure to check your coverage.

When selecting a healthcare provider, consider factors such as their qualifications, experience, location, and whether they accept your insurance. Additionally, ask for recommendations from friends, family, or your current doctor. It's important to choose someone you feel comfortable with and trust.

Some signs that warrant immediate medical attention include severe chest pain, difficulty breathing, sudden weakness or numbness, severe injuries, severe allergic reactions, loss of consciousness, and signs of stroke or heart attack. If you experience any of these symptoms, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.