Dental
Ripple, Steven
Ripple, Steven was paid $2.65M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2023, across 24 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 17% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoRIPPLE, STEVEN
BATON ROUGE, LA 70810
BATON ROUGE, LA 70810
33aNPI1194888131assigned 12/19/2006
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$2.65M
24GClaims63,467
24DCodes billed24
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#27 of 98
Median peer was paid$469K
This provider vs. median5.6×
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 | 17,702 | $734K | |
| 2019 | 189 | $5K | |
| 2021 | 29,451 | $1.21M | |
| 2022 | 16,083 | $701K | |
| 2023 | 42 | $420.53 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 17% | 3,768 | 923 | $455K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 11% | 8,261 | 8,196 | $279K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 10% | 10,071 | 9,994 | $267K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 9.3% | 2,805 | 1,154 | $247K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 7.9% | 10,791 | 10,702 | $209K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 6.0% | 2,410 | 1,094 | $159K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 5.9% | 3,345 | 3,324 | $157K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 5.2% | 2,446 | 2,434 | $137K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 4.5% | 5,906 | 5,869 | $120K |
| D9248 | 3.7% | 947 | 867 | $98K | |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 3.7% | 1,119 | 494 | $97K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 3.5% | 3,612 | 1,072 | $93K |
12 more codes
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 3.2% | 1,366 | $84K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 2.4% | 1,093 | $64K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.9% | 1,094 | $49K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 1.3% | 785 | $35K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.3% | 2,476 | $34K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.0% | 263 | $27K |
| D2330 | <1% | 164 | $12K | |
| D2390 | <1% | 47 | $10K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 632 | $9K |
| D2331 | <1% | 17 | $2K | |
| D3110 | <1% | 37 | $1K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 12 | $136.62 |
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.