Forrister, Melanie

Forrister, Melanie was paid $391K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jan 2022, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 88% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoFORRISTER, MELANIE
MURPHY, NC 28906

33aNPI1235250028assigned 04/02/2007

33bProvider typeOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist

28Total paid$391K

24GClaims3,812

24DCodes billed6

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jan 2022

Compared with peers

Next to other Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#71 of 133

Median peer was paid$443K

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
2018	693	$62K
2019	1,037	$104K
2020	1,218	$117K
2021	852	$106K
2022	12	$1K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D8670	Periodic orthodontic treatment visit	88%	3,510	3,449	$345K
D8680		7.4%	51	51	$29K
D8080	Comprehensive orthodontic treatment of the adolescent dentition	2.6%	12	12	$10K
D0330	Panoramic radiographic image	<1%	83	83	$4K
D0340		<1%	85	83	$3K
D0470		<1%	71	71	$366.76

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.