Dental
Kenneth W Pierson DDS INC
Kenneth W Pierson DDS INC was paid $26.87M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 35 billing codes. Its largest line is D9223, Deep sedation/general anesthesia - each subsequent 15 minute increment — 24% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoKENNETH W PIERSON DDS INC
TULARE, CA 93274
TULARE, CA 93274
33aNPI1508086299assigned 04/26/2007
33bProvider typeOral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)
28Total paid$26.87M
24GClaims344,014
24DCodes billed35
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) providers in California
Rank by total paid#2 of 94
Median peer was paid$192K
This provider vs. median140×
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 | 53,016 | $2.94M | |
| 2019 | 48,637 | $3.36M | |
| 2020 | 35,482 | $2.89M | |
| 2021 | 54,398 | $4.52M | |
| 2022 | 57,183 | $4.26M | |
| 2023 | 48,919 | $4.36M | |
| 2024incomplete | 46,379 | $4.54M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D9223 | Deep sedation/general anesthesia - each subsequent 15 minute increment | 24% | 20,419 | 10,923 | $6.40M |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 16% | 37,029 | 9,259 | $4.27M |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 7.0% | 29,206 | 9,771 | $1.88M |
| D9222 | 4.9% | 10,981 | 10,921 | $1.33M | |
| D9420 | 4.8% | 14,574 | 14,125 | $1.29M | |
| D9221 | 4.6% | 4,962 | 4,484 | $1.24M | |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 3.9% | 18,832 | 7,148 | $1.04M |
| D3240 | 3.6% | 10,201 | 3,687 | $981K | |
| D9220 | 3.6% | 4,586 | 4,569 | $958K | |
| D2330 | 3.5% | 12,595 | 5,118 | $939K | |
| D9610 | 3.2% | 23,955 | 13,518 | $856K | |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 3.1% | 8,588 | 2,935 | $833K |
23 more codes
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 3.0% | 12,998 | $818K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.5% | 8,616 | $660K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.7% | 8,942 | $469K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 1.7% | 46,569 | $461K |
| D3230 | 1.6% | 4,533 | $437K | |
| D9430 | 1.0% | 8,791 | $278K | |
| D1510 | <1% | 1,737 | $266K | |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, child | <1% | 7,347 | $265K |
| D2332 | <1% | 2,724 | $221K | |
| D0350 | <1% | 15,793 | $209K | |
| D2331 | <1% | 2,524 | $199K | |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | <1% | 4,744 | $126K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patient | <1% | 2,325 | $116K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | <1% | 6,947 | $111K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 7,085 | $81K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 964 | $43K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 2,761 | $31K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 481 | $25K |
| D2933 | <1% | 168 | $18K | |
| D9920 | <1% | 148 | $14K | |
| D7960 | <1% | 27 | $6K | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 1,839 | $4K |
| D2335 | <1% | 23 | $2K |
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 officialPIERSON, KENNETH (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Hapy Bear Surgery Center LLC | Tulare, CA | $4.09M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.