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Pollard, James

Pollard, James was paid $537K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2023, across 22 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 17% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPOLLARD, JAMES
AMES, IA 50010
33aNPI1215922984assigned 09/19/2005
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$537K
24GClaims19,213
24DCodes billed22
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2023
Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in Iowa

Rank by total paid#33 of 268
Median peer was paid$26K
This provider vs. median20×

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

$0$10K$20K$30K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20181,987$62K
20191,904$53K
20203,805$85K
20215,285$155K
20224,793$150K
20231,439$32K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 17% 2,814 2,690 $92K
D7140 Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root 17% 2,009 686 $91K
D7210 Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth 15% 950 276 $82K
D1206 Topical application of fluoride varnish 8.7% 3,483 3,200 $47K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 8.2% 2,945 2,754 $44K
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 6.4% 597 288 $34K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 5.5% 1,814 1,720 $30K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 3.5% 959 799 $19K
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused 3.4% 782 731 $18K
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images 2.8% 353 340 $15K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 2.5% 606 576 $13K
D2740 Crown - porcelain/ceramic 2.2% 36 30 $12K
10 more codes
D4910 2.2% 227 $12K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image 1.8% 727 $10K
D2391 Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent <1% 123 $5K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image <1% 484 $4K
D2150 Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent <1% 47 $2K
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish <1% 160 $2K
D2331 <1% 20 $2K
D2393 Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent <1% 26 $1K
D2330 <1% 21 $901.93
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images <1% 30 $230.44

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.