Dental
Choudhary, Nikhilesh
Choudhary, Nikhilesh was paid $847K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2020, across 23 billing codes. Its largest line is D7210, Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth — 15% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHOUDHARY, NIKHILESH
CLOVIS, NM 88101
CLOVIS, NM 88101
33aNPI1871035915assigned 11/07/2016
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$847K
24GClaims33,413
24DCodes billed23
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in New Mexico
Rank by total paid#29 of 179
Median peer was paid$47K
This provider vs. median18×
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 | 12,085 | $291K | |
| 2019 | 13,127 | $342K | |
| 2020 | 8,201 | $214K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 15% | 1,739 | 945 | $130K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 12% | 1,679 | 969 | $105K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 10% | 2,228 | 2,092 | $86K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.9% | 2,921 | 2,674 | $75K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 7.2% | 1,185 | 554 | $61K |
| D2140 | 6.5% | 1,328 | 740 | $55K | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 6.2% | 2,201 | 2,067 | $53K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 4.5% | 1,003 | 914 | $38K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 4.1% | 1,676 | 1,577 | $35K |
| D2160 | 4.1% | 530 | 417 | $34K | |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 4.0% | 701 | 327 | $34K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 4.0% | 2,149 | 1,982 | $34K |
11 more codes
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 3.2% | 5,063 | $27K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.7% | 4,990 | $22K |
| D4341 | 1.5% | 52 | $13K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 1.5% | 817 | $12K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 1.2% | 592 | $10K |
| D0270 | <1% | 1,249 | $7K | |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 589 | $6K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 530 | $5K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | <1% | 114 | $3K |
| D9110 | <1% | 65 | $3K | |
| D2161 | <1% | 12 | $696.60 |
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.