Dental
Ektera, Ali
Ektera, Ali was paid $2.69M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 31% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoEKTERA, ALI
CHICAGO, IL 60618
CHICAGO, IL 60618
33aNPI1326038522assigned 10/27/2005
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$2.69M
24GClaims109,060
24DCodes billed18
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#39 of 1,099
Median peer was paid$160K
This provider vs. median17×
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 | 9,100 | $225K | |
| 2019 | 15,306 | $383K | |
| 2020 | 20,247 | $469K | |
| 2021 | 19,933 | $490K | |
| 2022 | 15,968 | $385K | |
| 2023 | 15,688 | $406K | |
| 2024incomplete | 12,818 | $333K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 31% | 20,756 | 20,004 | $837K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 22% | 21,162 | 20,401 | $592K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 20% | 20,824 | 20,057 | $530K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 10% | 5,190 | 3,158 | $278K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 4.5% | 6,691 | 6,423 | $120K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.8% | 12,599 | 12,021 | $74K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 2.2% | 1,320 | 1,299 | $60K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.1% | 12,654 | 11,266 | $56K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.6% | 4,477 | 4,288 | $44K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.1% | 1,313 | 1,267 | $30K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 339 | 214 | $23K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 393 | 283 | $23K |
6 more codes
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 283 | $12K |
| D4341 | <1% | 36 | $6K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 255 | $4K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 85 | $1K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 14 | $1K |
| D1999 | 0% | 669 | $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.