Michael D Buck DDS, PC

Michael D Buck DDS, PC was paid $115K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 43% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoMICHAEL D BUCK DDS, PC
CRESTON, IA 50801

33aNPI1629469655assigned 02/12/2015

33bProvider typeDentist

28Total paid$115K

24GClaims5,150

24DCodes billed6

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in Iowa

Rank by total paid#79 of 268

Median peer was paid$26K

This provider vs. median4.4×

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
2018	668	$15K
2019	640	$14K
2020	817	$15K
2021	591	$14K
2022	729	$17K
2023	860	$19K
2024incomplete	845	$21K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D0120	Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient	43%	2,593	2,490	$49K
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	29%	939	918	$34K
D1206	Topical application of fluoride varnish	18%	1,190	1,118	$21K
D1120	Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child	8.3%	333	315	$10K
D0274	Bitewings - four radiographic images	1.1%	60	60	$1K
D0272	Bitewings - two radiographic images	<1%	35	25	$484.81

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 officialBUCK, MICHAEL (PRESIDENT)