Dental
Challenger and Associates, P.L.L.C.
Challenger and Associates, P.L.L.C. was paid $465K by Medicaid between Jun 2018 and Dec 2024, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 22% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHALLENGER AND ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C.
CLAYTON, NC 27520
CLAYTON, NC 27520
33aNPI1902328701assigned 07/13/2017
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$465K
24GClaims14,803
24DCodes billed18
24AFirst – last monthJun 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#133 of 402
Median peer was paid$154K
This provider vs. median3.0×
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 | 53 | $2K | |
| 2019 | 494 | $10K | |
| 2020 | 760 | $16K | |
| 2021 | 2,015 | $48K | |
| 2022 | 3,402 | $103K | |
| 2023 | 3,728 | $131K | |
| 2024incomplete | 4,351 | $155K |
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 | 22% | 956 | 501 | $103K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 9.3% | 1,700 | 1,664 | $43K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 8.5% | 1,070 | 1,030 | $40K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 8.4% | 373 | 133 | $39K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 7.7% | 3,156 | 1,631 | $36K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 7.4% | 2,320 | 2,163 | $34K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 5.8% | 640 | 603 | $27K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 5.4% | 805 | 774 | $25K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 5.3% | 912 | 891 | $25K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 4.8% | 1,351 | 1,321 | $22K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 4.8% | 630 | 589 | $22K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 4.4% | 367 | 351 | $21K |
6 more codes
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.8% | 98 | $13K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.1% | 120 | $10K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 155 | $3K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 108 | $2K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | <1% | 25 | $1K |
| D1999 | 0% | 17 | $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 officialHUGGINS-CHALLENGER, HEREWARD (DENTIST/OWNER)