Dental
Bufalini, Mark
Bufalini, Mark was paid $462K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jun 2021, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is D7210, Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth — 33% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBUFALINI, MARK
WILMINGTON, NC 28401
WILMINGTON, NC 28401
33aNPI1659481554assigned 08/30/2006
33bProvider typeOral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)
28Total paid$462K
24GClaims5,852
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jun 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#33 of 67
Median peer was paid$407K
This provider vs. median1.1×
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 | 3,885 | $304K | |
| 2019 | 1,747 | $148K | |
| 2020 | 145 | $6K | |
| 2021 | 75 | $4K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 33% | 1,527 | 483 | $154K |
| D7240 | Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony | 30% | 786 | 280 | $140K |
| D9223 | Deep sedation/general anesthesia - each subsequent 15 minute increment | 9.3% | 529 | 511 | $43K |
| D9222 | 8.9% | 621 | 598 | $41K | |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 8.6% | 1,052 | 1,017 | $40K |
| D9610 | 3.7% | 526 | 506 | $17K | |
| D7230 | 2.8% | 83 | 50 | $13K | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 1.5% | 527 | 508 | $7K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 1.5% | 173 | 171 | $7K |
| D1999 | 0% | 15 | 15 | $0.00 | |
| D9630 | 0% | 13 | 13 | $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.