Merola, Joseph
Merola, Joseph was paid $1.99M by Medicaid between Jun 2020 and Dec 2024, across 28 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 22% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMEROLA, JOSEPH
STATEN ISLAND, NY 10309
STATEN ISLAND, NY 10309
33aNPI1699185991assigned 05/07/2014
33bProvider typeStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
28Total paid$1.99M
24GClaims80,764
24DCodes billed28
24AFirst – last monthJun 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program providers in New York
Rank by total paid#8 of 2,013
Median peer was paid$4K
This provider vs. median539×
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 | 7,486 | $166K | |
| 2021 | 13,911 | $362K | |
| 2022 | 17,662 | $416K | |
| 2023 | 22,698 | $535K | |
| 2024incomplete | 19,007 | $512K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 22% | 10,666 | 10,665 | $438K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 13% | 10,636 | 10,635 | $260K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 10% | 6,646 | 1,609 | $202K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 8.2% | 2,508 | 1,327 | $163K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 7.2% | 1,286 | 816 | $144K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 6.7% | 9,915 | 9,914 | $134K |
| D1354 | 4.6% | 6,796 | 1,205 | $93K | |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 4.1% | 1,713 | 1,088 | $83K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 4.0% | 1,804 | 1,804 | $79K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 2.8% | 2,415 | 2,415 | $56K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.5% | 3,832 | 3,830 | $51K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.5% | 6,451 | 6,441 | $51K |
16 more codes
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 2.4% | 1,612 | $48K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 2.3% | 1,567 | $45K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.0% | 6,108 | $40K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.8% | 758 | $35K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.6% | 1,361 | $31K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 1,002 | $14K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 197 | $12K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 90 | $7K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 87 | $3K |
| D0601 | <1% | 1,333 | $908.00 | |
| D0602 | <1% | 1,059 | $755.00 | |
| D9310 | <1% | 15 | $420.00 | |
| D0603 | <1% | 432 | $354.00 | |
| D3120 | 0% | 15 | $0.00 | |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 0% | 216 | $0.00 |
| D1999 | 0% | 244 | $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.