Dental
Cheng, Ming
Cheng, Ming was paid $246K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is D4346, — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHENG, MING
HAMMOND, IN 46324
HAMMOND, IN 46324
33aNPI1477626562assigned 11/16/2006
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$246K
24GClaims11,046
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Indiana
Rank by total paid#208 of 723
Median peer was paid$60K
This provider vs. median4.1×
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 | 2,018 | $5K | |
| 2019 | 1,929 | $38K | |
| 2020 | 1,879 | $38K | |
| 2021 | 1,882 | $53K | |
| 2022 | 1,341 | $52K | |
| 2023 | 982 | $27K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,015 | $34K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D4346 | 18% | 231 | 215 | $44K | |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 16% | 1,624 | 1,573 | $39K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 14% | 1,592 | 1,548 | $36K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 12% | 662 | 653 | $29K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 11% | 2,891 | 982 | $26K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 9.6% | 682 | 656 | $24K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 6.1% | 1,319 | 1,265 | $15K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 5.7% | 791 | 773 | $14K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 3.3% | 1,066 | 565 | $8K |
| D4342 | 3.1% | 52 | 13 | $8K | |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 1.2% | 108 | 107 | $3K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 28 | 19 | $1K |
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.