Howard, Benjamin

Howard, Benjamin was paid $105K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jun 2023, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 28% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoHOWARD, BENJAMIN
WARTBURG, TN 37887

33aNPI1487642625assigned 10/12/2005

33bProvider typeDentist

28Total paid$105K

24GClaims4,722

24DCodes billed9

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jun 2023

Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in Tennessee

Rank by total paid#145 of 242

Median peer was paid$164K

This provider vs. median0.6×

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

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	1,138	$27K
2019	989	$22K
2020	367	$8K
2021	735	$17K
2022	917	$19K
2023	576	$12K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D0120	Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient	28%	1,307	1,277	$30K
D9230	Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis	19%	755	664	$20K
D1120	Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child	18%	703	688	$19K
D0272	Bitewings - two radiographic images	13%	923	900	$14K
D1208	Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish	13%	681	667	$13K
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	5.8%	200	196	$6K
D1206	Topical application of fluoride varnish	1.5%	90	88	$2K
D2391	Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent	1.2%	38	25	$1K
D0330	Panoramic radiographic image	<1%	25	24	$710.08

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.