Dental
S. Ross Penland DMD PA
S. Ross Penland DMD PA was paid $4.69M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoS. ROSS PENLAND DMD PA
HICKORY, NC 28602
HICKORY, NC 28602
33aNPI1013351824assigned 04/23/2013
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$4.69M
24GClaims150,812
24DCodes billed21
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#26 of 195
Median peer was paid$776K
This provider vs. median6.0×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 22,230 | $555K | |
| 2019 | 21,145 | $600K | |
| 2020 | 13,682 | $444K | |
| 2021 | 18,380 | $591K | |
| 2022 | 18,927 | $571K | |
| 2023 | 23,887 | $768K | |
| 2024incomplete | 32,561 | $1.16M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 18% | 32,118 | 31,751 | $845K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 14% | 25,022 | 24,715 | $674K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 13% | 5,661 | 4,061 | $622K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 12% | 34,411 | 33,970 | $553K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 10% | 10,551 | 10,014 | $472K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 5.6% | 6,797 | 6,710 | $263K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 5.4% | 3,104 | 2,443 | $255K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 5.2% | 8,940 | 3,217 | $245K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 5.0% | 13,119 | 12,965 | $234K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 2.3% | 794 | 261 | $106K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 2.0% | 1,760 | 1,743 | $94K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.9% | 1,955 | 1,911 | $88K |
9 more codes
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 1.5% | 1,817 | $69K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.0% | 1,508 | $48K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 533 | $35K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 365 | $29K |
| D9420 | <1% | 351 | $25K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 1,579 | $24K |
| D0240 | <1% | 190 | $2K | |
| D2330 | <1% | 29 | $2K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 208 | $2K |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialPENLAND, SAMUEL (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| S. Ross Penland, DMD, Pa-Morganton, P.L.L.C | Morganton, NC | $7.18M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.