Dental
Cooke and Mvula, PLLC
Cooke and Mvula, PLLC was paid $18.79M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 33 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 16% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCOOKE AND MVULA, PLLC
CHARLOTTE, NC 28211
CHARLOTTE, NC 28211
33aNPI1760890495assigned 07/25/2014
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$18.79M
24GClaims576,579
24DCodes billed33
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#3 of 195
Median peer was paid$776K
This provider vs. median24×
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 | 42,484 | $1.34M | |
| 2019 | 56,999 | $1.91M | |
| 2020 | 48,719 | $1.45M | |
| 2021 | 79,630 | $2.59M | |
| 2022 | 94,643 | $3.09M | |
| 2023 | 105,391 | $3.60M | |
| 2024incomplete | 148,713 | $4.82M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 16% | 21,570 | 6,739 | $2.92M |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 11% | 81,918 | 74,423 | $2.08M |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 11% | 20,960 | 12,641 | $2.05M |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.4% | 65,632 | 60,010 | $1.57M |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 6.4% | 81,324 | 73,279 | $1.20M |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 6.3% | 29,596 | 25,794 | $1.19M |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 6.2% | 45,416 | 11,653 | $1.17M |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 5.0% | 14,114 | 6,185 | $942K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.3% | 11,101 | 7,143 | $804K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 3.0% | 34,007 | 31,274 | $573K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 3.0% | 14,035 | 12,734 | $564K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.5% | 43,529 | 16,876 | $466K |
21 more codes
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.4% | 32,987 | $448K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 2.1% | 10,313 | $387K |
| D0240 | 2.1% | 25,325 | $387K | |
| D9420 | 1.8% | 3,110 | $346K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 1.7% | 9,233 | $327K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 1.7% | 5,981 | $312K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 1.5% | 8,274 | $273K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 1.1% | 2,706 | $207K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 8,617 | $126K |
| D2390 | <1% | 737 | $125K | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 3,338 | $94K |
| D2934 | <1% | 486 | $90K | |
| D1510 | <1% | 341 | $57K | |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 309 | $35K |
| D2330 | <1% | 328 | $20K | |
| D2929 | <1% | 85 | $15K | |
| D2331 | <1% | 91 | $6K | |
| D1354 | <1% | 548 | $4K | |
| D2332 | <1% | 39 | $4K | |
| D9971 | 0% | 46 | $0.00 | |
| D1999 | 0% | 483 | $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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialCOOKE, CHARLES-THOMAS (MEMBER)