Dr.Melvin Donesky D.D.S.

Dr.Melvin Donesky D.D.S. was paid $58K by Medicaid between Apr 2019 and Jan 2021, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 24% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoDR.MELVIN DONESKY D.D.S.
NEW TAZEWELL, TN 37825

33aNPI1508154055assigned 07/19/2011

33bProvider typeDentist

28Total paid$58K

24GClaims2,077

24DCodes billed8

24AFirst – last monthApr 2019 – Jan 2021

Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in Tennessee

Rank by total paid#173 of 242

Median peer was paid$164K

This provider vs. median0.4×

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
2019	930	$25K
2020	1,076	$29K
2021	71	$3K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D0120	Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient	24%	587	586	$14K
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	21%	291	290	$12K
D1208	Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish	20%	563	562	$11K
D2150	Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent	13%	104	83	$7K
D1120	Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child	11%	186	186	$6K
D0272	Bitewings - two radiographic images	9.0%	306	305	$5K
D2140		1.5%	14	12	$888.16
D0220	Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image	<1%	26	26	$331.18

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 officialDONESKY, MELVIN (DENTIST)