Dental
Jerry D Merrell, DDS INC
Jerry D Merrell, DDS INC was paid $3.09M by Medicaid between Dec 2018 and Dec 2022, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is D7210, Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth — 24% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoJERRY D MERRELL, DDS INC
SOLVANG, CA 93463
SOLVANG, CA 93463
33aNPI1174008494assigned 10/02/2018
33bProvider typeOral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)
28Total paid$3.09M
24GClaims26,123
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthDec 2018 – Dec 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) providers in California
Rank by total paid#15 of 94
Median peer was paid$192K
This provider vs. median16×
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 | 74 | $9K | |
| 2019 | 9,941 | $1.14M | |
| 2020 | 6,267 | $748K | |
| 2021 | 5,051 | $579K | |
| 2022 | 4,790 | $608K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 24% | 6,251 | 2,126 | $736K |
| D7240 | Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony | 20% | 2,689 | 1,175 | $618K |
| D9223 | Deep sedation/general anesthesia - each subsequent 15 minute increment | 11% | 1,817 | 1,416 | $334K |
| D7230 | 9.6% | 1,576 | 925 | $298K | |
| D9220 | 9.4% | 1,226 | 1,226 | $289K | |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 9.2% | 4,315 | 4,311 | $284K |
| D9222 | 5.5% | 1,418 | 1,417 | $171K | |
| D9221 | 4.9% | 1,245 | 1,200 | $152K | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 4.1% | 4,243 | 4,235 | $127K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 2.2% | 1,258 | 420 | $69K |
| D7220 | <1% | 85 | 65 | $12K |
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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialMERRELL, JERRY (PRESIDENT)