Dental
Mary Elizabeth Starnes Huffman DDS PA
Mary Elizabeth Starnes Huffman DDS PA was paid $629K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 27% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMARY ELIZABETH STARNES HUFFMAN DDS PA
LENOIR, NC 28645
LENOIR, NC 28645
33aNPI1386183408assigned 02/22/2017
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$629K
24GClaims16,869
24DCodes billed17
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#192 of 756
Median peer was paid$121K
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 | 2,251 | $78K | |
| 2019 | 3,656 | $166K | |
| 2020 | 3,069 | $133K | |
| 2021 | 3,562 | $144K | |
| 2022 | 1,396 | $48K | |
| 2023 | 1,588 | $35K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,347 | $25K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 27% | 1,640 | 860 | $168K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 14% | 726 | 407 | $89K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 12% | 2,180 | 1,985 | $73K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 9.7% | 1,880 | 1,574 | $61K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 7.2% | 2,081 | 1,893 | $45K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 5.8% | 687 | 619 | $36K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 5.1% | 825 | 751 | $32K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 4.8% | 2,348 | 2,047 | $30K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 4.6% | 1,119 | 966 | $29K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.4% | 296 | 183 | $22K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.9% | 1,728 | 1,175 | $18K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 1.7% | 643 | 632 | $11K |
5 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 officialHUFFMAN, MARY (DENTIST/OWNER)