Dental
Ernest A. Garner JR, DMD, PLLC
Ernest A. Garner JR, DMD, PLLC was paid $102K by Medicaid between Jul 2019 and Aug 2021, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is D7210, Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth — 48% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoERNEST A. GARNER JR, DMD, PLLC
SALISBURY, NC 28144
SALISBURY, NC 28144
33aNPI1265092977assigned 06/14/2019
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$102K
24GClaims2,198
24DCodes billed14
24AFirst – last monthJul 2019 – Aug 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#398 of 756
Median peer was paid$121K
This provider vs. median0.8×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,141 | $51K | |
| 2020 | 973 | $48K | |
| 2021 | 84 | $2K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 48% | 504 | 103 | $49K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 12% | 292 | 283 | $12K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 5.9% | 164 | 157 | $6K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 5.7% | 169 | 147 | $6K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 4.9% | 351 | 314 | $5K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 4.6% | 86 | 84 | $5K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 4.2% | 391 | 152 | $4K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 3.9% | 59 | 59 | $4K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.5% | 32 | 19 | $4K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.2% | 17 | 12 | $2K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.8% | 60 | 57 | $2K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.6% | 19 | 12 | $2K |
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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialGARNER, ERNEST (OWNER/DENTIST)