Ward, Ernest

Ward, Ernest was paid $119K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 48% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoWARD, ERNEST
WHITEVILLE, NC 28472

33aNPI1649288606assigned 08/04/2006

33bProvider typeDentist

28Total paid$119K

24GClaims4,391

24DCodes billed6

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#213 of 402

Median peer was paid$154K

This provider vs. median0.8×

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	872	$22K
2019	887	$23K
2020	723	$20K
2021	666	$19K
2022	483	$13K
2023	433	$12K
2024incomplete	327	$9K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	48%	1,596	1,523	$57K
D0120	Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient	37%	1,906	1,805	$44K
D1208	Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish	7.8%	594	557	$9K
D0274	Bitewings - four radiographic images	5.3%	212	207	$6K
D1120	Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child	1.4%	70	66	$2K
D0140	Limited oral evaluation - problem focused	<1%	13	12	$392.28

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.