Dental
Ruff, Benjamin
Ruff, Benjamin was paid $41K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Apr 2022, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 39% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoRUFF, BENJAMIN
BAY CITY, MI 48706
BAY CITY, MI 48706
33aNPI1043324080assigned 08/18/2006
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$41K
24GClaims1,595
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Apr 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Michigan
Rank by total paid#538 of 1,554
Median peer was paid$15K
This provider vs. median2.8×
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 | 406 | $11K | |
| 2019 | 372 | $10K | |
| 2020 | 275 | $7K | |
| 2021 | 399 | $10K | |
| 2022 | 143 | $3K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 39% | 671 | 671 | $16K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 34% | 409 | 409 | $14K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 26% | 502 | 501 | $11K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 13 | 13 | $300.00 |
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.