Cullum, Paul

Cullum, Paul was paid $211K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jan 2021, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is D7240, Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony — 52% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCULLUM, PAUL
COLUMBIA, TN 38401

33aNPI1194748285assigned 07/26/2006

33bProvider typeOral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)

28Total paid$211K

24GClaims2,219

24DCodes billed7

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jan 2021

Compared with peers

Next to other Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) providers in Tennessee

Rank by total paid#34 of 58

Median peer was paid$274K

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	1,125	$109K
2019	609	$49K
2020	473	$53K
2021	12	$361.44

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D7240	Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony	52%	485	147	$110K
D9223	Deep sedation/general anesthesia - each subsequent 15 minute increment	27%	648	263	$57K
D9222		10%	253	246	$22K
D9612		5.3%	239	233	$11K
D0150	Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient	4.0%	302	299	$8K
D0230	Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image	<1%	209	67	$2K
D0220	Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image	<1%	83	80	$976.34

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.