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Dr. Bales accepts the following insurance:

Aetna: Choice Plus POS II
Blue Cross Blue Shield: Blue Card PPO
Cigna: Cigna HMO; Cigna PPO; Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO; Open Access
Commercial Insurance Company
Coventry Health Care
First Choice Health: First Choice Health PPO
First Health (Coventry Health Care): First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
Group Health Cooperative (GHC): Group Health Cooperative
Humana: Choice Care PPO
Medicaid
Molina Healthcare: Molina
MultiPlan: MultiPlan PPO; PHCS Network PPO
ODS Health Plan
Premera Blue Cross: Heritage Plus
Providence Health Plans: Personal Option EPO
UnitedHealthCare: Choice Plus POS; Navigate HMO; Navigate POS; Options PPO; United Healthcare

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Dr. Bales' Top Procedures and Conditions

Treatment Frequency

Calcium Metabolism Disorders

very high

Treatment Frequency

Dr. Bales treats Calcium Metabolism Disorders more than 100% of her peers

Dr. Bales treats this condition more than 100% of her peers

Thyroid Disease

very high

Treatment Frequency

Dr. Bales treats Thyroid Disease more than 100% of her peers

Dr. Bales treats this condition more than 100% of her peers

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

very high

Treatment Frequency

Dr. Bales treats Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome more than 99% of her peers

Dr. Bales treats this condition more than 99% of her peers

Dr. Bales' conditions and procedures:

Abnormal Thyroid
Acromegaly and Gigantism
Adrenal Gland Diseases
Adrenal Incidentaloma
Adrenal Insufficiency
Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases
Benign Tumor
Bone Disorders
Breast Diseases
Calcium Metabolism Disorders
Cancer
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Craniopharyngioma
Cushing's Syndrome
Diabetes
Diabetes Counseling
Diabetes Insipidus
Diabetes Mellitus, Secondary
Diabetes Type 1
Diabetes Type 2
Diabetes With Renal Manifestations
Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Female Infertility
Gestational Diabetes
Goiter
Graves' Disease
Growth Hormone Deficiency
Gynecomastia
Hashimoto's Disease
Hyperaldosteronism
Hypercalcemia
Hyperkalemia
Hyperlipidemia
Hyperparathyroidism
Hyperthyroidism
Hypoglycemia
Hypokalemia
Hypoparathyroidism
Hypopituitarism
Hyposmolality and Hyponatremia
Hypothyroidism
Kidney Disease
Klinefelter Syndrome
Lipid Disorders
Malaise and Fatigue
Menstrual Disorders (incl. Dysmenorrhea)
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
Obesity
Osteopenia
Osteoporosis
Overweight
Parathyroid (Gland) Disease
Parathyroid (Gland) Tumor: Other than Malignant
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Pregestational Diabetes Mellitus
Pregnancy-Related Disorders
Retina Diseases
Rickets
Symptomatic Menopause
Testicular Dysfunction
Thyroid Cancer
Thyroid Cyst
Thyroid Disease
Thyroiditis
Vitamin D Deficiency

About Me

Biography

Dr. Shannon Bales, MD is an endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism specialist in Richland, WA and has been practicing for 13 years. She graduated from Tulane University School Of Medicine in 2006 and specializes in endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism.