Dental
Clark Otero and Associates PLLC
Clark Otero and Associates PLLC was paid $3.60M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jun 2021, across 28 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCLARK OTERO AND ASSOCIATES PLLC
CLINTON, NC 28328
CLINTON, NC 28328
33aNPI1902071350assigned 04/28/2008
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$3.60M
24GClaims97,597
24DCodes billed28
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jun 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#39 of 756
Median peer was paid$121K
This provider vs. median30×
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 | 34,311 | $1.13M | |
| 2019 | 29,868 | $1.19M | |
| 2020 | 24,666 | $932K | |
| 2021 | 8,752 | $341K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 18% | 8,136 | 7,497 | $645K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 13% | 4,632 | 2,287 | $457K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 7.7% | 11,636 | 10,987 | $276K |
| D8080 | Comprehensive orthodontic treatment of the adolescent dentition | 6.9% | 415 | 316 | $248K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 5.3% | 2,601 | 1,419 | $190K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 5.1% | 7,240 | 6,853 | $183K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 4.7% | 11,016 | 10,410 | $168K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 4.6% | 4,647 | 4,356 | $164K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.2% | 1,257 | 651 | $149K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 3.9% | 5,341 | 1,448 | $142K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 3.8% | 4,082 | 3,769 | $138K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 3.8% | 3,105 | 2,861 | $136K |
16 more codes
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 3.6% | 11,935 | $129K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 3.5% | 9,205 | $126K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 3.5% | 2,081 | $125K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.8% | 3,532 | $102K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.8% | 1,625 | $63K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.7% | 3,607 | $60K |
| D2394 | <1% | 161 | $21K | |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | <1% | 178 | $16K |
| D0340 | <1% | 343 | $14K | |
| D4355 | <1% | 175 | $11K | |
| D0470 | <1% | 335 | $11K | |
| D7240 | Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony | <1% | 36 | $6K |
| D9239 | <1% | 77 | $4K | |
| D4341 | <1% | 62 | $4K | |
| D9243 | <1% | 62 | $4K | |
| D9612 | <1% | 75 | $3K |
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 officialCLARK, DERWOOD (MANAGER)