Dental
Ballinger and Ballinger DMD PLLC
Ballinger and Ballinger DMD PLLC was paid $4.81M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2023, across 35 billing codes. Its largest line is D2150, Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent — 20% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBALLINGER AND BALLINGER DMD PLLC
WINSTON SALEM, NC 27106
WINSTON SALEM, NC 27106
33aNPI1205050168assigned 04/12/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$4.81M
24GClaims114,415
24DCodes billed35
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#21 of 756
Median peer was paid$121K
This provider vs. median40×
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 | 23,918 | $950K | |
| 2019 | 21,882 | $936K | |
| 2020 | 17,388 | $746K | |
| 2021 | 19,457 | $841K | |
| 2022 | 17,948 | $736K | |
| 2023 | 13,822 | $598K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 20% | 9,857 | 5,415 | $947K |
| D2160 | 10.0% | 4,315 | 2,722 | $478K | |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 9.5% | 17,642 | 17,325 | $458K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 6.6% | 8,260 | 8,107 | $317K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 5.8% | 10,182 | 10,000 | $278K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 5.5% | 15,674 | 15,390 | $263K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 5.3% | 3,987 | 1,840 | $255K |
| D2161 | 4.4% | 1,726 | 1,254 | $211K | |
| D2140 | 3.3% | 2,084 | 1,390 | $157K | |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 3.2% | 5,409 | 2,147 | $155K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 2.9% | 2,631 | 2,569 | $140K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.6% | 3,891 | 3,818 | $127K |
23 more codes
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 2.4% | 791 | $116K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.3% | 5,907 | $109K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.1% | 6,632 | $101K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.9% | 2,116 | $89K |
| D2335 | 1.3% | 519 | $64K | |
| D4355 | 1.3% | 921 | $62K | |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 1.2% | 845 | $60K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 1.2% | 731 | $60K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.2% | 679 | $55K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 1.1% | 484 | $54K |
| D7111 | <1% | 838 | $43K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 3,362 | $40K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 909 | $34K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | <1% | 614 | $26K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | <1% | 1,655 | $26K |
| D0170 | <1% | 766 | $22K | |
| D2332 | <1% | 190 | $19K | |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 514 | $16K |
| D2330 | <1% | 136 | $9K | |
| D2950 | <1% | 76 | $7K | |
| D1515 | <1% | 15 | $4K | |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 30 | $3K |
| D4342 | <1% | 27 | $2K |
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 officialBALLINGER, CHRISTOPHER (PARTNER)