Dental
Michele L Carter DDS LLC
Michele L Carter DDS LLC was paid $6.76M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 16% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMICHELE L CARTER DDS LLC
ROSWELL, NM 88203
ROSWELL, NM 88203
33aNPI1528436326assigned 09/10/2015
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$6.76M
24GClaims238,268
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in New Mexico
Rank by total paid#6 of 179
Median peer was paid$47K
This provider vs. median144×
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 | 21,078 | $537K | |
| 2019 | 29,546 | $851K | |
| 2020 | 28,003 | $773K | |
| 2021 | 36,866 | $1.08M | |
| 2022 | 43,594 | $1.25M | |
| 2023 | 42,142 | $1.19M | |
| 2024incomplete | 37,039 | $1.08M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 16% | 32,998 | 32,935 | $1.06M |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 13% | 7,654 | 4,753 | $898K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.7% | 25,743 | 25,692 | $589K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 7.7% | 7,298 | 5,094 | $522K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 7.6% | 27,725 | 27,670 | $517K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 7.4% | 24,270 | 24,230 | $501K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 6.1% | 14,968 | 14,188 | $413K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 4.5% | 4,662 | 2,929 | $304K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 4.4% | 12,522 | 4,403 | $295K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 4.1% | 8,021 | 8,009 | $279K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 3.7% | 21,576 | 21,449 | $247K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.5% | 4,423 | 3,199 | $237K |
8 more codes
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 3.1% | 2,651 | $210K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.7% | 19,718 | $184K |
| D0240 | 1.9% | 9,511 | $127K | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.7% | 3,902 | $116K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 1.5% | 5,526 | $99K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 1.3% | 2,961 | $88K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 1.1% | 2,025 | $76K |
| D7111 | <1% | 114 | $5K |
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 officialCARTER, MICHELE (DENTIST/OWNER)