Dental
Derek Steele, DDS, MS, PLLC
Derek Steele, DDS, MS, PLLC was paid $160K by Medicaid between Aug 2021 and Oct 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 99% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDEREK STEELE, DDS, MS, PLLC
WASHINGTON, NC 27889
WASHINGTON, NC 27889
33aNPI1548832793assigned 07/15/2021
33bProvider typeOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist
28Total paid$160K
24GClaims2,329
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthAug 2021 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#91 of 133
Median peer was paid$443K
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 625 | $29K | |
| 2022 | 700 | $55K | |
| 2023 | 664 | $48K | |
| 2024incomplete | 340 | $28K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 99% | 2,294 | 1,799 | $159K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 35 | 30 | $1K |
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 officialSTEELE, DEREK (OWNER)