Walter H. Burgess DMD PC

Walter H. Burgess DMD PC was paid $384K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 18% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoWALTER H. BURGESS DMD PC
OPP, AL 36467

33aNPI1811350622assigned 03/30/2016

33bProvider typeDental Clinic/Center

28Total paid$384K

24GClaims16,997

24DCodes billed15

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Dental Clinic/Center providers in Alabama

Rank by total paid#10 of 59

Median peer was paid$28K

This provider vs. median14×

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	2,140	$41K
2019	2,117	$40K
2020	2,107	$43K
2021	3,199	$70K
2022	2,859	$65K
2023	2,751	$69K
2024incomplete	1,824	$56K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D0120	Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient	18%	4,009	3,792	$70K
D1120	Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child	17%	2,618	2,482	$66K
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	15%	1,736	1,647	$57K
D1999		13%	2,747	2,516	$50K
D0330	Panoramic radiographic image	10%	903	852	$39K
D1208	Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish	6.0%	1,750	1,626	$23K
D2392	Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent	5.5%	262	207	$21K
D0272	Bitewings - two radiographic images	5.4%	1,303	1,223	$21K
D0274	Bitewings - four radiographic images	4.1%	746	713	$16K
D1206	Topical application of fluoride varnish	2.7%	467	445	$10K
D2391	Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent	1.2%	70	56	$5K
D0220	Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image	<1%	267	246	$3K

3 more codes

D0150	Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient	<1%	67	$1K
D0140	Limited oral evaluation - problem focused	<1%	32	$943.95
D2150	Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent	<1%	20	$840.00

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 officialBURGESS, WALTER (DENTIST)