Ponichter, Kristen

Ponichter, Kristen was paid $622K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2020, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 47% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPONICHTER, KRISTEN
HAZEL PARK, MI 48030

33aNPI1821304858assigned 08/27/2010

33bProvider typePediatric Dentist

28Total paid$622K

24GClaims5,414

24DCodes billed14

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2020

Compared with peers

Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Michigan

Rank by total paid#71 of 153

Median peer was paid$464K

This provider vs. median1.3×

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	2,091	$201K
2019	2,529	$320K
2020	794	$101K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D2930	Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth	47%	1,467	298	$295K
D9223	Deep sedation/general anesthesia - each subsequent 15 minute increment	29%	1,792	270	$179K
D7140	Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root	8.1%	569	168	$50K
D9222		4.2%	258	257	$26K
D2934		3.7%	100	37	$23K
D3220	Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction	2.8%	135	71	$18K
D0230	Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image	1.2%	541	176	$7K
D2330		<1%	49	28	$4K
D0220	Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image	<1%	217	214	$4K
D0150	Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient	<1%	60	60	$4K
D1120	Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child	<1%	82	82	$4K
D2391	Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent	<1%	29	14	$3K

2 more codes

D0140	Limited oral evaluation - problem focused	<1%	39	$2K
D1208	Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish	<1%	76	$2K

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.