Dental
Cremeans, Ricky
Cremeans, Ricky was paid $261K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 27% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCREMEANS, RICKY
CHESTER, SC 29706
CHESTER, SC 29706
33aNPI1164737524assigned 08/10/2010
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$261K
24GClaims10,655
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#50 of 166
Median peer was paid$67K
This provider vs. median3.9×
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 | 2,297 | $58K | |
| 2019 | 1,944 | $51K | |
| 2020 | 965 | $20K | |
| 2021 | 1,463 | $36K | |
| 2022 | 1,666 | $39K | |
| 2023 | 1,145 | $28K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,175 | $29K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 27% | 1,448 | 1,448 | $71K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 16% | 1,824 | 1,824 | $42K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 12% | 1,952 | 1,952 | $32K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 8.9% | 476 | 476 | $23K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 6.0% | 1,814 | 1,077 | $16K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 5.9% | 1,217 | 1,213 | $15K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 5.7% | 176 | 107 | $15K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 5.1% | 741 | 741 | $13K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 5.0% | 483 | 483 | $13K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 4.0% | 264 | 264 | $10K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 3.2% | 238 | 238 | $8K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | <1% | 22 | 14 | $2K |
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.