Dental
Cowherd, Samuel
Cowherd, Samuel was paid $918K by Medicaid between Jul 2018 and Dec 2024, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 15% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCOWHERD, SAMUEL
CLINTON, NC 28328
CLINTON, NC 28328
33aNPI1225317175assigned 08/10/2011
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$918K
24GClaims28,795
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthJul 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#89 of 402
Median peer was paid$154K
This provider vs. median6.0×
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 | 96 | $2K | |
| 2019 | 918 | $27K | |
| 2020 | 2,576 | $76K | |
| 2021 | 4,735 | $136K | |
| 2022 | 7,568 | $239K | |
| 2023 | 8,060 | $292K | |
| 2024incomplete | 4,842 | $146K |
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 | 15% | 1,404 | 675 | $135K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 12% | 1,480 | 494 | $106K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 11% | 3,078 | 2,909 | $102K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 9.8% | 771 | 462 | $90K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 9.5% | 2,273 | 2,128 | $88K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.6% | 3,453 | 3,252 | $79K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 7.8% | 2,113 | 1,969 | $72K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 6.0% | 2,219 | 2,092 | $55K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 5.5% | 2,186 | 2,073 | $51K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 5.0% | 4,363 | 4,133 | $46K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 2.8% | 803 | 741 | $25K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 2.6% | 298 | 136 | $24K |
8 more codes
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.5% | 2,640 | $23K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.1% | 654 | $10K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | <1% | 548 | $5K |
| D2394 | <1% | 17 | $3K | |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | <1% | 334 | $3K |
| D2335 | <1% | 16 | $2K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 131 | $1K |
| D1330 | 0% | 14 | $0.00 |
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.