Dental
Bell, Ron
Bell, Ron was paid $393K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and May 2023, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 16% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBELL, RON
SELMER, TN 38375
SELMER, TN 38375
33aNPI1467433094assigned 11/10/2005
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$393K
24GClaims16,033
24DCodes billed14
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – May 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#101 of 336
Median peer was paid$123K
This provider vs. median3.2×
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 | 3,081 | $77K | |
| 2019 | 3,377 | $88K | |
| 2020 | 2,249 | $55K | |
| 2021 | 3,108 | $67K | |
| 2022 | 2,778 | $66K | |
| 2023 | 1,440 | $40K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 16% | 2,091 | 1,950 | $64K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 16% | 2,965 | 2,709 | $64K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 16% | 1,684 | 1,518 | $61K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 10% | 2,211 | 2,052 | $41K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 10% | 1,585 | 1,351 | $40K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 9.0% | 880 | 787 | $36K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 5.7% | 1,257 | 1,137 | $22K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 4.9% | 1,500 | 1,378 | $19K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.8% | 839 | 751 | $15K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 3.5% | 623 | 555 | $14K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 2.2% | 120 | 76 | $9K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 1.1% | 174 | 56 | $4K |
2 more codes
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.