Dental
Christopher H. Brown, BS Dent, Dds,pa
Christopher H. Brown, BS Dent, Dds,pa was paid $21.78M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 25 billing codes. Its largest line is D7240, Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony — 21% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHRISTOPHER H. BROWN, BS DENT, DDS,PA
HICKORY, NC 28602
HICKORY, NC 28602
33aNPI1295752194assigned 07/16/2006
33bProvider typeOral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)
28Total paid$21.78M
24GClaims203,610
24DCodes billed25
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#2 of 67
Median peer was paid$407K
This provider vs. median53×
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 | 24,949 | $2.48M | |
| 2019 | 24,750 | $2.71M | |
| 2020 | 22,332 | $2.55M | |
| 2021 | 24,831 | $2.86M | |
| 2022 | 26,255 | $2.81M | |
| 2023 | 30,143 | $3.27M | |
| 2024incomplete | 50,350 | $5.09M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D7240 | Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony | 21% | 23,101 | 8,029 | $4.54M |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 20% | 40,128 | 12,191 | $4.40M |
| D9222 | 15% | 22,723 | 22,139 | $3.29M | |
| D7230 | 9.3% | 12,118 | 5,977 | $2.03M | |
| D9612 | 6.6% | 24,908 | 24,179 | $1.44M | |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 5.4% | 18,330 | 4,829 | $1.17M |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 4.2% | 20,974 | 20,539 | $910K |
| D7220 | 3.6% | 6,233 | 3,466 | $790K | |
| D7250 | 3.3% | 6,135 | 2,025 | $716K | |
| D7310 | 2.1% | 4,415 | 1,767 | $450K | |
| D7451 | 1.5% | 1,455 | 1,315 | $321K | |
| D7311 | 1.3% | 3,110 | 2,210 | $293K |
13 more codes
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 1.3% | 7,787 | $279K |
| D9223 | Deep sedation/general anesthesia - each subsequent 15 minute increment | 1.1% | 3,015 | $249K |
| D9613 | 1.0% | 3,957 | $221K | |
| D7260 | 1.0% | 626 | $221K | |
| D9239 | <1% | 1,360 | $198K | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 2,474 | $112K |
| D7280 | <1% | 426 | $78K | |
| D7241 | <1% | 234 | $55K | |
| D7473 | <1% | 17 | $5K | |
| D7283 | <1% | 17 | $4K | |
| D7471 | <1% | 18 | $3K | |
| D9243 | <1% | 34 | $3K | |
| D9610 | <1% | 15 | $465.10 |
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 officialMCKENZIE, REBECCA (OFFICE MANAGER)