Dental
Merikas, Amanda
Merikas, Amanda was paid $223K by Medicaid between May 2020 and May 2022, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 29% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMERIKAS, AMANDA
WINNETKA, IL 60093
WINNETKA, IL 60093
33aNPI1669853305assigned 06/17/2015
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$223K
24GClaims9,428
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthMay 2020 – May 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#481 of 1,099
Median peer was paid$160K
This provider vs. median1.4×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3,219 | $78K | |
| 2021 | 4,718 | $114K | |
| 2022 | 1,491 | $32K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 29% | 1,620 | 1,445 | $66K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 18% | 1,598 | 1,434 | $41K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 17% | 1,405 | 1,253 | $39K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 15% | 512 | 359 | $34K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 4.2% | 1,534 | 1,364 | $9K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 4.1% | 832 | 769 | $9K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 4.0% | 1,561 | 1,382 | $9K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 2.8% | 80 | 55 | $6K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.4% | 136 | 98 | $5K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.1% | 116 | 93 | $2K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 19 | 12 | $1K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 15 | 12 | $782.40 |
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.