Clinic
Sterling Area Health Center
Sterling Area Health Center was paid $3.69M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 26 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 14% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSTERLING AREA HEALTH CENTER
ALGER, MI 48610
ALGER, MI 48610
33aNPI1689659450assigned 12/14/2005
33bProvider typeDental Clinic/Center
28Total paid$3.69M
24GClaims63,485
24DCodes billed26
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dental Clinic/Center providers in Michigan
Rank by total paid#11 of 431
Median peer was paid$24K
This provider vs. median153×
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 | 10,975 | $612K | |
| 2019 | 11,530 | $699K | |
| 2020 | 6,089 | $393K | |
| 2021 | 8,521 | $573K | |
| 2022 | 8,973 | $557K | |
| 2023 | 10,863 | $558K | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,534 | $298K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 14% | 8,138 | 8,111 | $523K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 13% | 5,688 | 5,493 | $466K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 12% | 5,105 | 2,442 | $456K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 11% | 4,186 | 3,308 | $423K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 9.2% | 7,419 | 7,388 | $341K |
| D2140 | 7.0% | 2,822 | 2,352 | $259K | |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 4.7% | 2,517 | 2,506 | $175K |
| D2331 | 4.2% | 1,459 | 1,092 | $155K | |
| D2330 | 3.6% | 1,327 | 982 | $134K | |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 3.3% | 2,950 | 2,930 | $122K |
| D2160 | 3.1% | 1,048 | 946 | $115K | |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 3.0% | 2,777 | 2,766 | $109K |
14 more codes
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 2.5% | 3,685 | $91K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 1.8% | 2,180 | $66K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.7% | 2,944 | $63K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.3% | 5,701 | $47K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 1.0% | 339 | $38K |
| D5110 | 1.0% | 43 | $38K | |
| D4355 | <1% | 157 | $17K | |
| D5120 | <1% | 13 | $12K | |
| D5214 | <1% | 13 | $12K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 2,378 | $11K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 453 | $9K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 66 | $6K |
| D2332 | <1% | 14 | $1K | |
| D0191 | <1% | 63 | $837.00 |
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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialBALTEN, JAMES (CEO)
Parent organizationSTERLING AREA HEALTH CENTER
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sterling Area Health Center | Hale, MI | $443K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.