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Spears, Robert

Spears, Robert was paid $522K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2024, across 13 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 23% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoSPEARS, ROBERT
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70127
33aNPI1518366160assigned 08/20/2014
28Total paid$522K
24GClaims13,679
24DCodes billed13
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Louisiana

Rank by total paid#92 of 412
Median peer was paid$83K
This provider vs. median6.3×

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

$0$10K$20K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2018990$42K
20191,639$66K
20201,544$67K
20213,278$131K
20222,651$87K
20232,225$76K
2024incomplete1,352$52K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 23% 2,875 2,310 $121K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 22% 2,767 2,256 $115K
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images 21% 2,366 1,877 $112K
D7140 Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root 14% 1,210 487 $75K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 8.8% 1,910 1,487 $46K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 3.2% 733 582 $16K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image 2.3% 1,007 863 $12K
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused 1.4% 201 193 $7K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child <1% 141 141 $5K
D7210 Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth <1% 42 29 $4K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images <1% 173 165 $4K
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish <1% 158 148 $3K
1 more codes
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image <1% 96 $368.36

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.