Clinic
Forrest G. Bale, DDS Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery PA
Forrest G. Bale, DDS Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery PA was paid $461K by Medicaid between Mar 2019 and Sep 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is D7240, Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony — 57% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoFORREST G. BALE, DDS ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY PA
RUSSELLVILLE, AR 72801
RUSSELLVILLE, AR 72801
33aNPI1568715175assigned 10/19/2012
33bProvider typeDental Clinic/Center
28Total paid$461K
24GClaims4,375
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthMar 2019 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dental Clinic/Center providers in Arkansas
Rank by total paid#17 of 117
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median11×
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 | 15 | $0.00 | |
| 2021 | 739 | $81K | |
| 2022 | 2,022 | $238K | |
| 2023 | 963 | $97K | |
| 2024incomplete | 636 | $45K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D7240 | Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony | 57% | 1,050 | 316 | $263K |
| D9223 | Deep sedation/general anesthesia - each subsequent 15 minute increment | 12% | 625 | 493 | $54K |
| D9222 | 11% | 583 | 569 | $49K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 8.0% | 1,148 | 1,127 | $37K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 6.6% | 235 | 73 | $30K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 6.1% | 719 | 696 | $28K |
| D9613 | 0% | 15 | 15 | $0.00 |
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 officialBALE, FORREST (OWNER)