Dental
Carole L Bates DDS PA
Carole L Bates DDS PA was paid $121K by Medicaid between Jun 2021 and Oct 2024, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 19% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCAROLE L BATES DDS PA
FARMERSVILLE, TX 75442
FARMERSVILLE, TX 75442
33aNPI1710565700assigned 03/31/2021
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$121K
24GClaims5,332
24DCodes billed17
24AFirst – last monthJun 2021 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#992 of 2,774
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median2.8×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 669 | $14K | |
| 2022 | 3,309 | $80K | |
| 2023 | 1,170 | $24K | |
| 2024incomplete | 184 | $4K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 19% | 950 | 905 | $24K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 19% | 280 | 129 | $23K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 16% | 855 | 811 | $19K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 14% | 597 | 565 | $17K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 14% | 371 | 355 | $17K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 7.1% | 653 | 626 | $9K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 5.1% | 348 | 49 | $6K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 2.7% | 285 | 264 | $3K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.0% | 18 | 12 | $1K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 57 | 55 | $1K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 28 | 27 | $864.64 |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 53 | 46 | $468.46 |
5 more codes
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 officialBATES, CAROLE (OWNER/DDS)