Dental
Nicholas M. Kerns, DDS, MS, LLC
Nicholas M. Kerns, DDS, MS, LLC was paid $4.48M by Medicaid between Sep 2019 and Dec 2024, across 28 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 24% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNICHOLAS M. KERNS, DDS, MS, LLC
COLUMBUS, OH 43213
COLUMBUS, OH 43213
33aNPI1861053647assigned 06/24/2019
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$4.48M
24GClaims124,457
24DCodes billed28
24AFirst – last monthSep 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Ohio
Rank by total paid#9 of 144
Median peer was paid$140K
This provider vs. median32×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9,234 | $229K | |
| 2020 | 18,216 | $598K | |
| 2021 | 24,294 | $819K | |
| 2022 | 16,929 | $523K | |
| 2023 | 27,192 | $800K | |
| 2024incomplete | 28,592 | $1.51M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 24% | 9,217 | 2,342 | $1.06M |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 9.7% | 6,905 | 4,140 | $436K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 9.1% | 16,751 | 15,271 | $406K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 7.1% | 14,996 | 13,633 | $319K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 6.9% | 16,028 | 14,717 | $311K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 6.9% | 5,276 | 3,390 | $308K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 5.5% | 9,757 | 3,306 | $247K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 5.2% | 3,654 | 1,946 | $233K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 5.0% | 3,161 | 2,950 | $223K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 4.4% | 6,806 | 5,836 | $199K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 3.7% | 5,438 | 5,044 | $166K |
| D2335 | 3.0% | 1,374 | 506 | $132K |
16 more codes
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.2% | 8,503 | $100K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 1.9% | 2,123 | $84K |
| D0240 | 1.7% | 6,155 | $76K | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 2,958 | $37K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 670 | $31K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 1,079 | $26K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | <1% | 465 | $25K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 719 | $18K |
| D2140 | <1% | 372 | $15K | |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 151 | $10K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 116 | $7K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 1,309 | $6K |
| D2330 | <1% | 39 | $2K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 358 | $2K |
| D2160 | <1% | 17 | $1K | |
| D1354 | <1% | 60 | $914.25 |
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 officialKERNS, NICHOLAS (OWNER, DOCTOR)