Dental
Rick J Nichols DDS INC
Rick J Nichols DDS INC was paid $652K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 27 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 15% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoRICK J NICHOLS DDS INC
REDLANDS, CA 92373
REDLANDS, CA 92373
33aNPI1811264161assigned 11/30/2011
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$652K
24GClaims20,184
24DCodes billed27
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#157 of 332
Median peer was paid$450K
This provider vs. median1.4×
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 | 2,281 | $52K | |
| 2019 | 4,928 | $162K | |
| 2020 | 6,965 | $237K | |
| 2021 | 5,866 | $194K | |
| 2024incomplete | 144 | $6K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 15% | 3,370 | 3,353 | $98K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 15% | 2,314 | 2,302 | $98K |
| D9993 | 13% | 1,380 | 1,370 | $86K | |
| D1310 | 9.4% | 1,381 | 1,377 | $61K | |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 8.6% | 842 | 463 | $56K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 8.3% | 892 | 889 | $54K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 5.7% | 3,369 | 3,351 | $37K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 4.6% | 257 | 164 | $30K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 4.4% | 719 | 546 | $28K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 3.5% | 1,049 | 295 | $23K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.7% | 1,518 | 1,509 | $17K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 2.1% | 237 | 236 | $14K |
15 more codes
| D0603 | 1.8% | 800 | $11K | |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 1.4% | 96 | $9K |
| D0601 | <1% | 433 | $6K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 75 | $4K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 55 | $3K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 731 | $3K |
| D9430 | <1% | 88 | $3K | |
| D0240 | <1% | 261 | $3K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 142 | $2K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 45 | $1K |
| D1999 | <1% | 31 | $782.00 | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 31 | $669.60 |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 19 | $576.00 |
| D0602 | <1% | 28 | $405.00 | |
| D0350 | <1% | 21 | $220.80 |
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 officialNICHOLS, RICK (OWNER/DENTIST)
Parent organizationRICK J NICHOLS DDS INC