Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Covington, Lucia

Covington, Lucia was paid $136K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is D7140, Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root — 50% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCOVINGTON, LUCIA
MURRELLS INLET, SC 29576
33aNPI1033346713assigned 06/19/2009
28Total paid$136K
24GClaims1,865
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) providers in South Carolina

Rank by total paid#27 of 45
Median peer was paid$227K
This provider vs. median0.6×

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

$0$5.0K$10K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2018188$12K
201969$3K
2020262$16K
2021484$35K
2022319$29K
2023305$22K
2024incomplete238$19K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D7140 Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root 50% 793 360 $68K
D0160 32% 548 548 $43K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 8.7% 302 302 $12K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image 5.8% 158 158 $8K
D7210 Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth 2.1% 22 14 $3K
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused 1.1% 42 42 $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.