Dental
Knechtel, Daniel
Knechtel, Daniel was paid $6.29M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 24 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 31% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoKNECHTEL, DANIEL
ASHEVILLE, NC 28804
ASHEVILLE, NC 28804
33aNPI1376718742assigned 04/28/2008
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$6.29M
24GClaims179,603
24DCodes billed24
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#19 of 195
Median peer was paid$776K
This provider vs. median8.1×
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 | 24,331 | $845K | |
| 2019 | 26,892 | $970K | |
| 2020 | 23,791 | $918K | |
| 2021 | 28,867 | $1.08M | |
| 2022 | 29,250 | $1.06M | |
| 2023 | 24,092 | $782K | |
| 2024incomplete | 22,380 | $635K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 31% | 13,942 | 3,418 | $1.95M |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 13% | 30,919 | 28,746 | $809K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 10% | 25,339 | 23,581 | $632K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 7.9% | 18,676 | 3,632 | $498K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 7.8% | 31,584 | 29,385 | $490K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 4.4% | 6,547 | 6,034 | $278K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 3.1% | 3,196 | 1,442 | $196K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 3.0% | 4,492 | 4,176 | $191K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.6% | 9,269 | 8,604 | $161K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.5% | 1,493 | 920 | $154K |
| D9420 | 2.4% | 1,302 | 1,212 | $149K | |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 2.2% | 1,780 | 871 | $138K |
12 more codes
| D2933 | 2.1% | 694 | $132K | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 1.5% | 1,725 | $94K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 1.4% | 2,566 | $89K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 1.1% | 6,645 | $71K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 1,724 | $61K |
| D1354 | <1% | 10,002 | $54K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 3,408 | $48K |
| D0240 | <1% | 3,039 | $47K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 356 | $28K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | <1% | 606 | $23K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 52 | $1K |
| D1330 | 0% | 247 | $0.00 |
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.