Dental
Forster, Karl
Forster, Karl was paid $191K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is D7140, Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root — 30% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoFORSTER, KARL
MUNFORDVILLE, KY 42765
MUNFORDVILLE, KY 42765
33aNPI1255321709assigned 10/26/2005
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$191K
24GClaims7,551
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Kentucky
Rank by total paid#131 of 350
Median peer was paid$95K
This provider vs. median2.0×
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 | 1,783 | $50K | |
| 2019 | 1,532 | $39K | |
| 2020 | 779 | $20K | |
| 2021 | 1,104 | $22K | |
| 2022 | 1,057 | $24K | |
| 2023 | 864 | $26K | |
| 2024incomplete | 432 | $11K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 30% | 1,473 | 731 | $58K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 24% | 1,222 | 1,187 | $46K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 20% | 1,274 | 1,218 | $38K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 8.3% | 615 | 600 | $16K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 7.0% | 572 | 557 | $13K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 5.7% | 279 | 267 | $11K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 3.2% | 115 | 65 | $6K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.3% | 379 | 363 | $2K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | <1% | 12 | 12 | $545.61 |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 57 | 25 | $230.28 |
| D9986 | <1% | 203 | 176 | $150.00 | |
| D1999 | 0% | 1,350 | 1,215 | $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.