Dental
Stuart G Merle & Alan Zicherman PC
Stuart G Merle & Alan Zicherman PC was paid $3.19M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 24% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSTUART G MERLE & ALAN ZICHERMAN PC
LYNN, MA 01904
LYNN, MA 01904
33aNPI1124299060assigned 03/19/2008
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$3.19M
24GClaims62,957
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#34 of 693
Median peer was paid$87K
This provider vs. median37×
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 | 8,945 | $430K | |
| 2019 | 9,443 | $452K | |
| 2020 | 7,935 | $414K | |
| 2021 | 8,451 | $427K | |
| 2022 | 9,978 | $506K | |
| 2023 | 9,283 | $494K | |
| 2024incomplete | 8,922 | $464K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 24% | 2,915 | 2,841 | $772K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 21% | 13,094 | 12,999 | $682K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 16% | 17,418 | 17,288 | $515K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 15% | 16,365 | 16,238 | $483K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 9.2% | 4,202 | 4,166 | $293K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 3.0% | 1,078 | 1,074 | $97K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.0% | 786 | 588 | $95K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 2.0% | 3,053 | 2,951 | $63K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.8% | 1,933 | 1,916 | $59K |
| D8680 | 1.5% | 495 | 485 | $47K | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 719 | 711 | $32K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 442 | 439 | $26K |
7 more codes
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 60 | $6K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | <1% | 64 | $6K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 196 | $4K |
| D9110 | <1% | 51 | $4K | |
| D9310 | <1% | 45 | $3K | |
| D8690 | <1% | 29 | $816.00 | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 12 | $204.00 |
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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialZICHERMAN, ALAN (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Stuart G Merle & Alan R Zicherman PC | Peabody, MA | $2.10M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.