Dental
Houston, Nichol
Houston, Nichol was paid $542K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is D7210, Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth — 17% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHOUSTON, NICHOL
WESTMONT, IL 60559
WESTMONT, IL 60559
33aNPI1326263831assigned 04/17/2007
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$542K
24GClaims15,222
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#280 of 1,099
Median peer was paid$160K
This provider vs. median3.4×
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 | 748 | $18K | |
| 2021 | 4,202 | $141K | |
| 2022 | 3,917 | $141K | |
| 2023 | 3,518 | $142K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,837 | $99K |
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 | 17% | 1,096 | 650 | $93K |
| D4341 | 16% | 533 | 304 | $86K | |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 15% | 1,157 | 755 | $79K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 9.5% | 1,264 | 1,216 | $51K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.4% | 1,693 | 1,638 | $45K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 7.6% | 1,742 | 1,620 | $41K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 4.4% | 1,203 | 1,163 | $24K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 4.4% | 512 | 500 | $24K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 3.8% | 786 | 750 | $20K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.2% | 204 | 155 | $17K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.6% | 886 | 845 | $14K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 1.9% | 445 | 382 | $10K |
7 more codes
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 1.8% | 134 | $10K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.6% | 1,024 | $9K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.6% | 1,688 | $9K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 128 | $5K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 147 | $2K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 566 | $2K |
| D2950 | <1% | 14 | $754.65 |
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.