Buffington, Neal

Buffington, Neal was paid $45K by Medicaid between Mar 2018 and May 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 43% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoBUFFINGTON, NEAL
COLUMBIA FALLS, MT 59912

33aNPI1346404688assigned 07/16/2008

33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry

28Total paid$45K

24GClaims1,509

24DCodes billed6

24AFirst – last monthMar 2018 – May 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Montana

Rank by total paid#73 of 149

Median peer was paid$40K

This provider vs. median1.2×

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	275	$7K
2019	417	$10K
2020	221	$7K
2021	206	$7K
2022	211	$7K
2023	148	$6K
2024incomplete	31	$678.76

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D0120	Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient	43%	737	700	$19K
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	40%	337	330	$18K
D1208	Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish	8.1%	259	235	$4K
D1206	Topical application of fluoride varnish	5.6%	133	133	$3K
D1120	Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child	2.1%	25	24	$951.96
D0274	Bitewings - four radiographic images	1.4%	18	17	$648.11

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.