Dental
Wheeler, Samuel
Wheeler, Samuel was paid $489K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 20% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWHEELER, SAMUEL
SALUDA, SC 29138
SALUDA, SC 29138
33aNPI1033227566assigned 08/25/2006
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$489K
24GClaims17,560
24DCodes billed17
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#30 of 166
Median peer was paid$67K
This provider vs. median7.3×
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 | 2,280 | $66K | |
| 2019 | 3,412 | $98K | |
| 2020 | 2,858 | $82K | |
| 2021 | 2,964 | $84K | |
| 2022 | 2,831 | $75K | |
| 2023 | 1,938 | $49K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,277 | $35K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 20% | 1,960 | 1,960 | $97K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 14% | 3,059 | 3,059 | $70K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 13% | 1,884 | 1,884 | $65K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 11% | 1,969 | 1,969 | $53K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 10% | 3,141 | 3,141 | $51K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 6.1% | 391 | 220 | $30K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 5.2% | 1,366 | 1,366 | $25K |
| D0240 | 5.0% | 1,288 | 1,278 | $24K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 3.5% | 1,369 | 1,355 | $17K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 3.0% | 320 | 320 | $15K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.4% | 120 | 68 | $12K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 2.4% | 290 | 290 | $12K |
5 more codes
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 1.3% | 75 | $6K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 127 | $5K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 58 | $4K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | <1% | 73 | $2K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 70 | $1K |
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.