Howes, Michael

Howes, Michael was paid $155K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 44% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoHOWES, MICHAEL
DES MOINES, IA 50315

33aNPI1063435816assigned 07/25/2006

33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry

28Total paid$155K

24GClaims6,217

24DCodes billed9

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Iowa

Rank by total paid#78 of 437

Median peer was paid$22K

This provider vs. median7.0×

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	561	$14K
2019	918	$23K
2020	941	$22K
2021	1,448	$34K
2022	960	$24K
2023	749	$20K
2024incomplete	640	$19K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	44%	1,857	1,795	$68K
D0120	Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient	28%	2,281	2,209	$43K
D0274	Bitewings - four radiographic images	11%	688	672	$17K
D1206	Topical application of fluoride varnish	9.7%	951	907	$15K
D1120	Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child	4.8%	243	232	$7K
D0150	Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient	1.0%	62	60	$2K
D2150	Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent	<1%	22	12	$1K
D0220	Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image	<1%	96	89	$936.25
D0210	Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images	<1%	17	17	$749.66

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.