Dental
Mekonnen, Sarah
Mekonnen, Sarah was paid $1.08M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2020, across 24 billing codes. Its largest line is D2391, Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent — 30% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMEKONNEN, SARAH
SMYRNA, TN 37167
SMYRNA, TN 37167
33aNPI1578899837assigned 10/21/2009
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$1.08M
24GClaims28,874
24DCodes billed24
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#23 of 242
Median peer was paid$164K
This provider vs. median6.6×
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 | 15,289 | $567K | |
| 2019 | 12,662 | $511K | |
| 2020 | 923 | $0.00 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 30% | 6,472 | 1,278 | $326K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 29% | 4,981 | 1,146 | $314K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 11% | 1,684 | 474 | $117K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 6.2% | 930 | 308 | $67K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 5.1% | 2,316 | 2,127 | $55K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 4.0% | 2,869 | 2,636 | $43K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 3.5% | 1,641 | 1,493 | $37K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 2.6% | 1,613 | 1,490 | $29K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 2.5% | 889 | 821 | $27K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 1.3% | 268 | 150 | $14K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.1% | 849 | 781 | $12K |
| D2330 | 1.0% | 220 | 77 | $11K |
12 more codes
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | <1% | 408 | $8K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 397 | $8K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 242 | $4K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 198 | $3K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 48 | $1K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 79 | $966.48 |
| D0350 | <1% | 1,109 | $9.65 | |
| D1310 | 0% | 674 | $0.00 | |
| D1330 | 0% | 817 | $0.00 | |
| D9630 | 0% | 85 | $0.00 | |
| D9911 | 0% | 52 | $0.00 | |
| D0351 | 0% | 33 | $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.