Dental
S. Ross Penland, DMD, Pa-Morganton, P.L.L.C
S. Ross Penland, DMD, Pa-Morganton, P.L.L.C was paid $7.18M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 23 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 13% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoS. ROSS PENLAND, DMD, PA-MORGANTON, P.L.L.C
MORGANTON, NC 28655
MORGANTON, NC 28655
33aNPI1881127298assigned 04/04/2017
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$7.18M
24GClaims204,247
24DCodes billed23
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#7 of 756
Median peer was paid$121K
This provider vs. median59×
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 | 16,727 | $596K | |
| 2019 | 20,936 | $743K | |
| 2020 | 20,786 | $748K | |
| 2021 | 30,715 | $1.15M | |
| 2022 | 37,213 | $1.29M | |
| 2023 | 39,335 | $1.43M | |
| 2024incomplete | 38,535 | $1.23M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 13% | 8,797 | 5,592 | $948K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 12% | 33,825 | 33,170 | $893K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 12% | 32,689 | 31,984 | $881K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 9.2% | 41,338 | 40,428 | $664K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 8.4% | 4,312 | 1,466 | $605K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 7.8% | 12,453 | 11,833 | $561K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 5.8% | 5,147 | 3,654 | $420K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 4.9% | 13,201 | 4,918 | $354K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 4.4% | 7,164 | 6,953 | $319K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 4.2% | 16,793 | 16,429 | $305K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 3.2% | 2,976 | 943 | $232K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 3.2% | 6,003 | 5,832 | $227K |
11 more codes
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 2.8% | 3,103 | $199K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 2.6% | 3,268 | $185K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 1.8% | 3,279 | $127K |
| D9420 | 1.8% | 1,113 | $126K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.0% | 4,886 | $73K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 605 | $19K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 1,732 | $19K |
| D0240 | <1% | 700 | $17K | |
| D9110 | <1% | 43 | $2K | |
| D2330 | <1% | 24 | $1K | |
| D1353 | 0% | 796 | $0.00 |
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 officialPENLAND, SAMUEL (PEDIATRIC DENTIST)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| S. Ross Penland DMD PA | Hickory, NC | $4.69M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.