Dental
DR Alka V Cohen DDS MS PC
DR Alka V Cohen DDS MS PC was paid $1.85M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jun 2021, across 27 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 17% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDR ALKA V COHEN DDS MS PC
CORDOVA, TN 38016
CORDOVA, TN 38016
33aNPI1457523797assigned 03/27/2008
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$1.85M
24GClaims53,448
24DCodes billed27
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jun 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#40 of 112
Median peer was paid$1.03M
This provider vs. median1.8×
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 | 15,274 | $546K | |
| 2019 | 15,548 | $542K | |
| 2020 | 14,063 | $458K | |
| 2021 | 8,563 | $301K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 17% | 2,941 | 754 | $312K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 12% | 6,660 | 6,525 | $218K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 10% | 2,417 | 653 | $185K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 9.1% | 7,202 | 7,055 | $169K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 7.9% | 5,277 | 1,609 | $146K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 7.2% | 6,745 | 6,603 | $133K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 6.9% | 1,794 | 835 | $128K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 4.8% | 5,181 | 5,076 | $90K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 4.5% | 2,014 | 1,966 | $84K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 4.4% | 1,987 | 1,937 | $81K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 3.2% | 1,051 | 539 | $60K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 2.3% | 1,509 | 1,409 | $42K |
15 more codes
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 2.0% | 1,892 | $37K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.7% | 1,126 | $32K |
| D9110 | 1.5% | 627 | $28K | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.2% | 998 | $23K |
| D2330 | 1.0% | 329 | $19K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 1,515 | $18K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 968 | $9K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 102 | $8K |
| D1510 | <1% | 47 | $7K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 275 | $6K |
| D9248 | <1% | 67 | $5K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 79 | $5K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 178 | $4K |
| D1999 | 0% | 444 | $0.00 | |
| D9995 | 0% | 23 | $0.00 |
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 officialCOHEN, ALKA (PRESIDENT/OWNER/PEDIATRIC DENTIST)