Dental
Baker, Chernara
Baker, Chernara was paid $2.22M by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Dec 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is D7140, Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root — 27% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBAKER, CHERNARA
CHICAGO, IL 60610
CHICAGO, IL 60610
33aNPI1164682977assigned 06/15/2008
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$2.22M
24GClaims64,714
24DCodes billed21
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#62 of 1,099
Median peer was paid$160K
This provider vs. median14×
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 | 70 | $831.35 | |
| 2019 | 631 | $32K | |
| 2020 | 3,825 | $122K | |
| 2021 | 12,701 | $343K | |
| 2022 | 14,458 | $422K | |
| 2023 | 16,059 | $646K | |
| 2024incomplete | 16,970 | $653K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 27% | 9,344 | 6,560 | $602K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 19% | 7,656 | 7,140 | $416K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 14% | 7,890 | 7,598 | $311K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 9.3% | 7,618 | 7,337 | $206K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 8.8% | 7,839 | 7,549 | $195K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 7.3% | 2,657 | 1,433 | $162K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 2.8% | 551 | 209 | $63K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.5% | 7,756 | 6,125 | $55K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.9% | 7,292 | 6,858 | $43K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.4% | 549 | 448 | $32K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 1.3% | 380 | 325 | $28K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 1.1% | 1,401 | 1,344 | $24K |
9 more codes
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 1.0% | 1,114 | $22K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 870 | $19K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 898 | $15K |
| D1510 | <1% | 102 | $8K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 148 | $5K |
| D1354 | <1% | 153 | $5K | |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 406 | $4K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 69 | $3K |
| D9310 | <1% | 21 | $239.40 |
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.