Dental
Cowherd, Christopher
Cowherd, Christopher was paid $3K by Medicaid between Oct 2018 and Apr 2021, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 54% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCOWHERD, CHRISTOPHER
IOWA CITY, IA 52240
IOWA CITY, IA 52240
33aNPI1902952815assigned 01/25/2007
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$3K
24GClaims110
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthOct 2018 – Apr 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#209 of 268
Median peer was paid$26K
This provider vs. median0.1×
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 | 25 | $617.06 | |
| 2019 | 44 | $1K | |
| 2020 | 28 | $682.46 | |
| 2021 | 13 | $459.60 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 54% | 56 | 54 | $2K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 31% | 42 | 40 | $920.92 |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 15% | 12 | 12 | $450.66 |
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.