Dental
Rickert, Watson, & Associates, DDS, PLLC
Rickert, Watson, & Associates, DDS, PLLC was paid $1.56M by Medicaid between Jul 2018 and Dec 2024, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 19% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoRICKERT, WATSON, & ASSOCIATES, DDS, PLLC
RALEIGH, NC 27615
RALEIGH, NC 27615
33aNPI1760924641assigned 11/09/2016
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$1.56M
24GClaims57,987
24DCodes billed18
24AFirst – last monthJul 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#99 of 756
Median peer was paid$121K
This provider vs. median13×
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 | 528 | $12K | |
| 2019 | 2,812 | $68K | |
| 2020 | 3,737 | $98K | |
| 2021 | 6,181 | $159K | |
| 2022 | 11,284 | $302K | |
| 2023 | 16,331 | $464K | |
| 2024incomplete | 17,114 | $453K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 19% | 10,618 | 10,530 | $298K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 15% | 8,760 | 8,696 | $231K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 13% | 12,358 | 12,245 | $204K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 9.5% | 3,235 | 3,193 | $149K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 8.2% | 4,518 | 1,049 | $128K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 4.8% | 1,977 | 1,955 | $75K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 4.8% | 3,991 | 3,954 | $75K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 4.8% | 1,600 | 1,466 | $74K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 4.4% | 4,440 | 4,363 | $68K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.0% | 580 | 423 | $63K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 3.8% | 992 | 983 | $59K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 3.5% | 3,215 | 3,176 | $55K |
6 more codes
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.3% | 442 | $36K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.7% | 856 | $27K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 214 | $8K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 131 | $5K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 18 | $1K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 42 | $657.02 |
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 officialWATSON, CRYSTAL (PARTNER)