Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Bafus, Paige

Bafus, Paige was paid $913K by Medicaid between Aug 2021 and Oct 2024, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 64% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoBAFUS, PAIGE
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ 86442
33aNPI1447319496assigned 12/06/2006
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$913K
24GClaims9,458
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthAug 2021 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in Arizona

Rank by total paid#12 of 468
Median peer was paid$686.85
This provider vs. median1,329×

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

$0$25K$50K$75K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20211,607$146K
20225,143$521K
20232,111$202K
2024incomplete597$44K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D2930 Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth 64% 3,577 520 $586K
D3220 Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction 7.0% 595 201 $64K
D7140 Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root 6.0% 649 245 $54K
D9243 5.5% 663 271 $50K
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images 3.3% 490 449 $30K
D9223 Deep sedation/general anesthesia - each subsequent 15 minute increment 2.5% 157 66 $23K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 2.4% 754 710 $22K
D9239 2.3% 300 268 $21K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 1.8% 523 484 $16K
D1206 Topical application of fluoride varnish 1.2% 707 669 $11K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 1.2% 478 454 $11K
D9222 1.0% 70 66 $10K
7 more codes
D1351 Sealant - per tooth <1% 161 $4K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images <1% 144 $3K
D9230 Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis <1% 48 $2K
D9248 <1% 17 $2K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images <1% 82 $2K
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused <1% 13 $427.88
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish <1% 30 $348.03

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.