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Wavel L. Wells, DDS, INC

Wavel L. Wells, DDS, INC was paid $4.47M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2019, across 28 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 16% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoWAVEL L. WELLS, DDS, INC
LAWTON, OK 73505
33aNPI1457448698assigned 10/09/2006
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$4.47M
24GClaims133,526
24DCodes billed28
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2019
Compared with peers

Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Oklahoma

Rank by total paid#6 of 32
Median peer was paid$804K
This provider vs. median5.6×

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

$0$100K$200K$300K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201880,289$2.68M
201953,237$1.79M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D2930 Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth 16% 6,258 2,092 $702K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 14% 21,825 21,825 $623K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 9.7% 21,607 21,607 $431K
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 9.0% 4,651 2,792 $404K
D1206 Topical application of fluoride varnish 7.8% 24,356 24,356 $348K
D7140 Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root 7.5% 5,416 2,947 $336K
D9248 5.5% 1,985 1,978 $246K
D2391 Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent 4.8% 3,784 2,470 $213K
D1351 Sealant - per tooth 4.2% 8,265 2,792 $188K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image 4.0% 3,929 3,929 $180K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images 4.0% 10,389 10,389 $177K
D9230 Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis 3.1% 5,462 5,427 $137K
16 more codes
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 2.6% 2,696 $115K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 1.6% 2,541 $73K
D3220 Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction 1.1% 586 $49K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image 1.0% 3,249 $46K
D3120 <1% 1,522 $43K
D2934 <1% 349 $39K
D0240 <1% 2,236 $38K
D9310 <1% 669 $30K
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused <1% 964 $27K
D2330 <1% 122 $7K
D1510 <1% 53 $6K
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image <1% 426 $3K
D1354 <1% 106 $2K
D1515 <1% 12 $2K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images <1% 56 $2K
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish <1% 12 $174.12

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 officialWELLS, WAVEL (CEO/PRESIDENT)