Dental
Cowling, David
Cowling, David was paid $640K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2020, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 17% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCOWLING, DAVID
SHREVEPORT, LA 71105
SHREVEPORT, LA 71105
33aNPI1932235223assigned 02/23/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$640K
24GClaims22,624
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#79 of 412
Median peer was paid$83K
This provider vs. median7.7×
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 | 9,790 | $262K | |
| 2019 | 11,637 | $339K | |
| 2020 | 1,197 | $39K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 17% | 4,052 | 3,169 | $107K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 13% | 2,294 | 1,784 | $81K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 12% | 1,654 | 1,281 | $79K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 9.7% | 2,638 | 2,026 | $62K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 6.2% | 467 | 383 | $40K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 6.1% | 486 | 258 | $39K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 5.8% | 1,886 | 1,301 | $37K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 5.6% | 1,822 | 1,609 | $36K |
| D2140 | 4.6% | 457 | 292 | $29K | |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 4.1% | 1,022 | 685 | $26K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 3.6% | 164 | 104 | $23K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 3.5% | 1,303 | 907 | $23K |
7 more codes
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 2.2% | 501 | $14K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.0% | 914 | $13K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 1.5% | 285 | $10K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 1.4% | 127 | $9K |
| D0603 | 1.4% | 1,818 | $9K | |
| D0602 | <1% | 661 | $3K | |
| D0601 | <1% | 73 | $365.00 |
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.