Lechtenberg Dental Clinic

Lechtenberg Dental Clinic was paid $139K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 29% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoLECHTENBERG DENTAL CLINIC
MAQUOKETA, IA 52060

33aNPI1376700898assigned 05/21/2008

33bProvider typeDentist

28Total paid$139K

24GClaims7,089

24DCodes billed10

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in Iowa

Rank by total paid#67 of 268

Median peer was paid$26K

This provider vs. median5.2×

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	637	$12K
2019	805	$16K
2020	796	$15K
2021	1,205	$24K
2022	1,523	$28K
2023	1,665	$33K
2024incomplete	458	$9K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D0120	Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient	29%	2,190	2,151	$40K
D1206	Topical application of fluoride varnish	25%	2,185	2,145	$35K
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	23%	880	862	$32K
D1120	Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child	10%	479	468	$14K
D0220	Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image	4.2%	577	552	$6K
D0274	Bitewings - four radiographic images	3.3%	189	186	$5K
D0230	Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image	3.3%	520	284	$5K
D2392	Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent	1.4%	28	18	$2K
D4910		<1%	12	12	$704.19
D0272	Bitewings - two radiographic images	<1%	29	29	$482.72

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 officialLECHTENBERG, JOSEPH (GENERAL DENTIST)