Dental
Stuart G Merle & Alan R Zicherman PC
Stuart G Merle & Alan R Zicherman PC was paid $2.10M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 16 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 27% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSTUART G MERLE & ALAN R ZICHERMAN PC
PEABODY, MA 01960
PEABODY, MA 01960
33aNPI1043330913assigned 04/01/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$2.10M
24GClaims52,904
24DCodes billed16
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#54 of 693
Median peer was paid$87K
This provider vs. median24×
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 | 7,978 | $301K | |
| 2019 | 7,654 | $288K | |
| 2020 | 5,842 | $221K | |
| 2021 | 7,995 | $307K | |
| 2022 | 8,676 | $368K | |
| 2023 | 8,040 | $337K | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,719 | $280K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 27% | 10,694 | 10,634 | $560K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 21% | 14,901 | 14,802 | $439K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 21% | 14,590 | 14,512 | $432K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 15% | 4,585 | 4,547 | $319K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.6% | 845 | 613 | $96K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 3.6% | 3,682 | 3,357 | $75K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 2.8% | 662 | 659 | $58K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.2% | 1,542 | 1,531 | $47K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.4% | 677 | 672 | $29K |
| D9110 | <1% | 207 | 201 | $15K | |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 177 | 177 | $10K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | <1% | 103 | 64 | $9K |
4 more codes
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 officialZICHERMAN, ALAN (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Stuart G Merle & Alan Zicherman PC | Lynn, MA | $3.19M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.