Cortez, Norma

Cortez, Norma was paid $251K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2021, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 27% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCORTEZ, NORMA
BURGAW, NC 28425

33aNPI1407140262assigned 06/08/2011

33bProvider typeDentist

28Total paid$251K

24GClaims7,290

24DCodes billed15

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2021

Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#175 of 402

Median peer was paid$154K

This provider vs. median1.6×

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	1,859	$58K
2019	1,319	$36K
2020	2,015	$79K
2021	2,097	$78K

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%	639	328	$67K
D0120	Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient	16%	1,638	1,559	$41K
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	14%	961	925	$34K
D1120	Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child	9.9%	969	934	$25K
D1208	Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish	8.7%	1,371	1,288	$22K
D2391	Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent	4.6%	151	81	$12K
D0150	Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient	4.5%	277	259	$11K
D0274	Bitewings - four radiographic images	3.9%	334	315	$10K
D2393	Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent	3.8%	71	43	$10K
D0330	Panoramic radiographic image	3.5%	194	171	$9K
D0272	Bitewings - two radiographic images	1.8%	274	256	$5K
D0220	Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image	1.4%	240	221	$3K

3 more codes

D0140	Limited oral evaluation - problem focused	<1%	43	$2K
D1206	Topical application of fluoride varnish	<1%	67	$1K
D0230	Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image	<1%	61	$713.53

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.