Dental
J. Mark Lawhon, DMD, PA
J. Mark Lawhon, DMD, PA was paid $2.34M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is D7240, Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony — 33% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoJ. MARK LAWHON, DMD, PA
FLORENCE, SC 29501
FLORENCE, SC 29501
33aNPI1083827620assigned 05/08/2007
33bProvider typeOral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)
28Total paid$2.34M
24GClaims18,765
24DCodes billed10
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#4 of 45
Median peer was paid$227K
This provider vs. median10×
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 | 3,597 | $478K | |
| 2019 | 4,098 | $521K | |
| 2020 | 2,921 | $360K | |
| 2021 | 3,629 | $471K | |
| 2022 | 1,798 | $203K | |
| 2023 | 913 | $85K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,809 | $222K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D7240 | Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony | 33% | 2,759 | 1,151 | $774K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 30% | 4,889 | 2,571 | $698K |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity | 11% | 2,276 | 2,264 | $247K |
| D9248 | 8.9% | 3,115 | 3,079 | $209K | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 7.5% | 3,473 | 3,463 | $175K |
| D7230 | 4.4% | 431 | 321 | $103K | |
| D9310 | 2.5% | 921 | 917 | $59K | |
| D9223 | Deep sedation/general anesthesia - each subsequent 15 minute increment | 1.6% | 403 | 380 | $36K |
| D9222 | 1.4% | 364 | 341 | $33K | |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 134 | 134 | $5K |
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 officialLAWHON, JAMES (ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEON)