Dental
David A. Buchanan, D.M.D.
David A. Buchanan, D.M.D. was paid $2.56M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 30 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 15% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDAVID A. BUCHANAN, D.M.D.
BOWLING GREEN, KY 42101
BOWLING GREEN, KY 42101
33aNPI1447578265assigned 05/05/2010
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$2.56M
24GClaims76,662
24DCodes billed30
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Kentucky
Rank by total paid#5 of 462
Median peer was paid$106K
This provider vs. median24×
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 | 10,525 | $261K | |
| 2019 | 10,318 | $251K | |
| 2020 | 10,682 | $277K | |
| 2021 | 9,239 | $264K | |
| 2022 | 11,789 | $390K | |
| 2023 | 13,102 | $533K | |
| 2024incomplete | 11,007 | $590K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 15% | 9,892 | 9,236 | $397K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 13% | 13,371 | 12,418 | $336K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 8.9% | 6,051 | 3,889 | $229K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 8.5% | 4,363 | 4,193 | $217K |
| D9110 | 7.3% | 5,936 | 5,374 | $187K | |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 5.0% | 2,594 | 1,971 | $128K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 4.5% | 2,912 | 1,821 | $116K |
| D3330 | Endodontic therapy, molar tooth (excluding final restoration) | 4.4% | 284 | 246 | $113K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 4.2% | 2,378 | 2,179 | $107K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 4.1% | 6,763 | 6,382 | $106K |
| D2394 | 3.0% | 1,168 | 912 | $77K | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 3.0% | 5,616 | 5,187 | $76K |
18 more codes
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 2.3% | 3,010 | $59K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.8% | 2,263 | $46K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.8% | 5,798 | $46K |
| D2740 | Crown - porcelain/ceramic | 1.8% | 90 | $46K |
| D2750 | 1.7% | 76 | $44K | |
| D2330 | 1.7% | 1,140 | $43K | |
| D3310 | 1.6% | 174 | $40K | |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 1.5% | 423 | $38K |
| D2335 | 1.5% | 550 | $38K | |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.5% | 580 | $38K |
| D3320 | <1% | 56 | $18K | |
| D2332 | <1% | 193 | $12K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 725 | $4K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patient | <1% | 144 | $4K |
| D2331 | <1% | 31 | $1K | |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 18 | $1K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 18 | $281.03 |
| D9986 | <1% | 45 | $123.00 |
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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialBUCHANAN, DAVID (OWNER)