Dental
Bales, Lauren
Bales, Lauren was paid $365K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2020, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is D1351, Sealant - per tooth — 13% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBALES, LAUREN
MOUNTAIN GROVE, MO 65711
MOUNTAIN GROVE, MO 65711
33aNPI1851501423assigned 05/23/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$365K
24GClaims7,297
24DCodes billed14
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Missouri
Rank by total paid#48 of 260
Median peer was paid$78K
This provider vs. median4.7×
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 | 2,652 | $145K | |
| 2019 | 3,438 | $159K | |
| 2020 | 1,207 | $61K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 13% | 1,171 | 370 | $49K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 13% | 280 | 207 | $47K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 11% | 823 | 809 | $40K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 10% | 1,193 | 1,180 | $37K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 9.0% | 879 | 855 | $33K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 8.9% | 503 | 503 | $32K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 8.4% | 376 | 376 | $31K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 7.4% | 581 | 578 | $27K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 6.6% | 370 | 367 | $24K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 4.6% | 503 | 497 | $17K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 2.4% | 111 | 66 | $9K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.4% | 83 | 65 | $9K |
2 more codes
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.