Dental
Elson, Howard
Elson, Howard was paid $381K by Medicaid between Dec 2020 and Nov 2024, across 22 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 37% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoELSON, HOWARD
MCKEESPORT, PA 15132
MCKEESPORT, PA 15132
33aNPI1306841408assigned 06/15/2005
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$381K
24GClaims6,997
24DCodes billed22
24AFirst – last monthDec 2020 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Pennsylvania
Rank by total paid#54 of 237
Median peer was paid$109K
This provider vs. median3.5×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 448 | $24K | |
| 2021 | 3,388 | $193K | |
| 2023 | 325 | $13K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,836 | $151K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 37% | 960 | 366 | $142K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 15% | 873 | 281 | $59K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 12% | 794 | 284 | $47K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 12% | 641 | 209 | $47K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.2% | 262 | 133 | $16K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 2.8% | 187 | 187 | $11K |
| D9110 | 2.4% | 299 | 299 | $9K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.9% | 133 | 40 | $7K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 1.9% | 398 | 396 | $7K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.6% | 388 | 387 | $6K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 1.5% | 300 | 231 | $6K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.5% | 281 | 277 | $6K |
10 more codes
| D2390 | 1.5% | 40 | $6K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.1% | 533 | $4K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | <1% | 147 | $3K |
| D9920 | <1% | 16 | $2K | |
| D1310 | <1% | 263 | $2K | |
| D1330 | <1% | 262 | $2K | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 12 | $222.48 |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, child | <1% | 12 | $132.00 |
| D9995 | <1% | 175 | $46.59 | |
| D0706 | 0% | 21 | $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.