Alter, Melissa

Alter, Melissa was paid $21K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2019, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 78% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoALTER, MELISSA
TEANECK, NJ 07666

33aNPI1164831228assigned 08/03/2014

33bProvider typeDentist

28Total paid$21K

24GClaims569

24DCodes billed7

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2019

Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in New Jersey

Rank by total paid#366 of 674

Median peer was paid$27K

This provider vs. median0.8×

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	390	$12K
2019	179	$8K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	78%	357	357	$16K
D2392	Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent	8.0%	30	24	$2K
D0120	Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient	6.4%	33	33	$1K
D0274	Bitewings - four radiographic images	3.2%	33	33	$660.00
D0330	Panoramic radiographic image	2.7%	14	14	$560.00
D0220	Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image	1.2%	60	59	$240.00
D0230	Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image	<1%	42	42	$186.00

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.