Dental
Praetzel, Daron
Praetzel, Daron was paid $356K by Medicaid between Mar 2018 and Jan 2020, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is D7240, Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony — 72% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPRAETZEL, DARON
HOT SPRINGS, AR 71913
HOT SPRINGS, AR 71913
33aNPI1164516662assigned 10/02/2006
33bProvider typeOral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)
28Total paid$356K
24GClaims2,303
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthMar 2018 – Jan 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) providers in Arkansas
Rank by total paid#12 of 31
Median peer was paid$163K
This provider vs. median2.2×
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 | 868 | $138K | |
| 2019 | 1,422 | $218K | |
| 2020 | 13 | $444.60 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D7240 | Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony | 72% | 976 | 247 | $258K |
| D9223 | Deep sedation/general anesthesia - each subsequent 15 minute increment | 14% | 533 | 321 | $50K |
| D9222 | 9.7% | 369 | 319 | $34K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 3.9% | 425 | 375 | $14K |
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.