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Dickens, Blake

Dickens, Blake was paid $1.02M by Medicaid between Jul 2019 and Mar 2023, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 23% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoDICKENS, BLAKE
OWENSBORO, KY 42303
33aNPI1154852697assigned 03/26/2017
28Total paid$1.02M
24GClaims30,105
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJul 2019 – Mar 2023
Compared with peers

Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Kentucky

Rank by total paid#30 of 462
Median peer was paid$106K
This provider vs. median9.6×

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

$0$20K$40K$60K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20191,882$57K
20206,261$208K
20219,228$306K
202210,753$367K
20231,981$81K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 23% 4,656 4,572 $230K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 14% 5,119 5,031 $145K
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 11% 1,842 1,041 $115K
D2930 Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth 8.2% 821 407 $84K
D7140 Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root 7.0% 1,617 753 $71K
D2391 Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent 6.5% 1,357 801 $66K
D1206 Topical application of fluoride varnish 6.4% 4,540 4,478 $65K
D9230 Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis 5.6% 1,555 1,494 $57K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images 4.7% 2,754 2,706 $47K
D1351 Sealant - per tooth 3.6% 1,893 563 $36K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 3.3% 711 696 $34K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image 2.3% 590 585 $23K
7 more codes
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 2.2% 761 $23K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image <1% 958 $9K
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish <1% 452 $5K
D9248 <1% 122 $5K
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused <1% 58 $2K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patient <1% 272 $391.70
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image <1% 27 $164.44

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.