Dental
Desiree T Palmer DMD PA
Desiree T Palmer DMD PA was paid $63K by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Nov 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 49% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDESIREE T PALMER DMD PA
DURHAM, NC 27704
DURHAM, NC 27704
33aNPI1700202066assigned 03/11/2014
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$63K
24GClaims3,364
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#443 of 756
Median peer was paid$121K
This provider vs. median0.5×
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 | 436 | $9K | |
| 2019 | 575 | $11K | |
| 2020 | 125 | $3K | |
| 2021 | 304 | $7K | |
| 2022 | 504 | $9K | |
| 2023 | 561 | $9K | |
| 2024incomplete | 859 | $16K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 49% | 1,492 | 1,179 | $31K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 23% | 1,161 | 899 | $15K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 15% | 461 | 350 | $9K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 8.7% | 196 | 146 | $5K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.0% | 40 | 13 | $3K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 14 | 12 | $212.85 |
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 officialLEWIS, TONIA (PRACTICE ADMINISTRATOR)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Get Well Medical Transportation | Baker, LA | $248K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.