Dental
Echols, Joseph
Echols, Joseph was paid $71K by Medicaid between Aug 2021 and Sep 2022, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 39% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoECHOLS, JOSEPH
AUGUSTA, GA 30909
AUGUSTA, GA 30909
33aNPI1194879361assigned 01/23/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$71K
24GClaims1,782
24DCodes billed10
24AFirst – last monthAug 2021 – Sep 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Georgia
Rank by total paid#29 of 63
Median peer was paid$30K
This provider vs. median2.3×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 626 | $28K | |
| 2022 | 1,156 | $43K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 39% | 266 | 166 | $28K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 19% | 189 | 116 | $14K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 11% | 294 | 287 | $8K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 11% | 302 | 297 | $8K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 7.7% | 233 | 230 | $5K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 4.7% | 253 | 249 | $3K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 4.4% | 121 | 120 | $3K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 2.4% | 94 | 94 | $2K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 17 | 17 | $307.87 |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 13 | 12 | $129.49 |
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.