Dental
Melanie Ruth Casey, PLLC
Melanie Ruth Casey, PLLC was paid $139K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2023, across 16 billing codes. Its largest line is D2150, Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent — 19% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMELANIE RUTH CASEY, PLLC
ARDEN, NC 28704
ARDEN, NC 28704
33aNPI1326447871assigned 08/21/2014
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$139K
24GClaims4,492
24DCodes billed16
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#371 of 756
Median peer was paid$121K
This provider vs. median1.1×
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 | 3,585 | $118K | |
| 2019 | 488 | $11K | |
| 2020 | 272 | $6K | |
| 2021 | 122 | $2K | |
| 2022 | 12 | $303.52 | |
| 2023 | 13 | $539.80 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 19% | 304 | 173 | $26K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 12% | 716 | 679 | $17K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 10% | 372 | 342 | $14K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 9.0% | 252 | 230 | $13K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 9.0% | 525 | 486 | $12K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 7.9% | 749 | 697 | $11K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 6.6% | 155 | 58 | $9K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 5.9% | 313 | 79 | $8K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 5.7% | 226 | 217 | $8K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.7% | 198 | 185 | $5K |
| D2140 | 2.9% | 57 | 37 | $4K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.2% | 250 | 231 | $3K |
4 more codes
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 officialCASEY, MELANIE (DENTIST)