Dental
Carter & Higgins Orthodontics PLLC
Carter & Higgins Orthodontics PLLC was paid $558K by Medicaid between Feb 2019 and Mar 2023, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is D8080, Comprehensive orthodontic treatment of the adolescent dentition — 95% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCARTER & HIGGINS ORTHODONTICS PLLC
TULSA, OK 74105
TULSA, OK 74105
33aNPI1205319795assigned 09/11/2018
33bProvider typeOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist
28Total paid$558K
24GClaims1,037
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2019 – Mar 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist providers in Oklahoma
Rank by total paid#20 of 37
Median peer was paid$612K
This provider vs. median0.9×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 471 | $127K | |
| 2020 | 294 | $215K | |
| 2021 | 130 | $127K | |
| 2022 | 130 | $76K | |
| 2023 | 12 | $13K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D8080 | Comprehensive orthodontic treatment of the adolescent dentition | 95% | 488 | 488 | $533K |
| D9310 | 2.2% | 260 | 260 | $12K | |
| D0340 | 1.5% | 136 | 136 | $8K | |
| D0470 | <1% | 88 | 88 | $3K | |
| D0350 | <1% | 65 | 65 | $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 officialCARTER, EMILY (MANAGER/MEMBER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Emily Carter, DMD, LLC | Rainsville, AL | $297K |
| Emily K. Carter, DDS, MSD, PLLC | Tulsa, OK | $230K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.