Tara J Wheeler DMD Or Steven M Craine DMD, PC

Tara J Wheeler DMD Or Steven M Craine DMD, PC was paid $85K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2021, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 29% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoTARA J WHEELER DMD OR STEVEN M CRAINE DMD, PC
LOXLEY, AL 36551

33aNPI1306391941assigned 08/24/2016

33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry

28Total paid$85K

24GClaims4,234

24DCodes billed11

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2021

Compared with peers

Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Alabama

Rank by total paid#119 of 293

Median peer was paid$31K

This provider vs. median2.8×

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
2018	1,378	$29K
2019	1,334	$25K
2020	927	$20K
2021	595	$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	29%	1,395	1,315	$25K
D1120	Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child	26%	836	779	$22K
D1208	Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish	13%	796	750	$11K
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	12%	313	297	$10K
D1206	Topical application of fluoride varnish	5.6%	280	257	$5K
D0272	Bitewings - two radiographic images	4.6%	246	225	$4K
D2392	Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent	4.5%	58	32	$4K
D9230	Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis	2.5%	120	98	$2K
D0330	Panoramic radiographic image	2.0%	39	39	$2K
D1999		1.3%	138	128	$1K
D0274	Bitewings - four radiographic images	<1%	13	13	$264.00

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.

From NPPES

Who's on the registration

Authorized officialWHEELER, TARA (DENTIST)