Bale, Forrest

Bale, Forrest was paid $433K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is D7240, Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony — 54% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoBALE, FORREST
RUSSELLVILLE, AR 72801

33aNPI1376635375assigned 09/28/2006

33bProvider typeOral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)

28Total paid$433K

24GClaims3,864

24DCodes billed7

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) providers in Arkansas

Rank by total paid#10 of 31

Median peer was paid$163K

This provider vs. median2.7×

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	2,103	$229K
2019	1,209	$142K
2020	504	$59K
2024incomplete	48	$2K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D7240	Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony	54%	929	285	$235K
D7210	Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth	14%	477	169	$58K
D9223	Deep sedation/general anesthesia - each subsequent 15 minute increment	9.6%	502	349	$42K
D0140	Limited oral evaluation - problem focused	8.5%	1,157	1,021	$37K
D9222		7.5%	366	351	$33K
D7140	Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root	6.2%	409	84	$27K
D0330	Panoramic radiographic image	<1%	24	24	$1K

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.