Procell, Melvin

Procell, Melvin was paid $137K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 36% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPROCELL, MELVIN
HOMER, LA 71040

33aNPI1245452234assigned 05/02/2007

33bProvider typeDentist

28Total paid$137K

24GClaims5,007

24DCodes billed8

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in Louisiana

Rank by total paid#114 of 251

Median peer was paid$103K

This provider vs. median1.3×

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	1,368	$38K
2019	925	$25K
2020	606	$16K
2021	810	$19K
2022	554	$15K
2023	459	$13K
2024incomplete	285	$11K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D0120	Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient	36%	1,788	1,748	$49K
D1120	Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child	21%	869	852	$29K
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	16%	476	451	$22K
D1208	Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish	15%	1,043	1,008	$20K
D0272	Bitewings - two radiographic images	9.4%	671	655	$13K
D9230	Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis	2.7%	103	95	$4K
D1206	Topical application of fluoride varnish	<1%	25	25	$607.25
D0220	Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image	<1%	32	30	$381.94

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.