Dental
Wharton-Palmer, Michael
Wharton-Palmer, Michael was paid $366K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jan 2021, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 23% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWHARTON-PALMER, MICHAEL
TEXARKANA, AR 71854
TEXARKANA, AR 71854
33aNPI1942373576assigned 11/15/2006
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$366K
24GClaims14,845
24DCodes billed17
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jan 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Arkansas
Rank by total paid#39 of 60
Median peer was paid$1.02M
This provider vs. median0.4×
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 | 5,540 | $131K | |
| 2019 | 4,729 | $120K | |
| 2020 | 4,282 | $108K | |
| 2021 | 294 | $8K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 23% | 3,255 | 2,938 | $83K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 17% | 1,835 | 1,646 | $62K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 17% | 1,383 | 1,258 | $62K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 17% | 3,211 | 2,897 | $61K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 6.5% | 961 | 828 | $24K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 6.2% | 1,032 | 960 | $23K |
| D0601 | 2.8% | 2,232 | 2,055 | $10K | |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 2.7% | 76 | 54 | $10K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.5% | 167 | 80 | $9K |
| D2140 | 2.0% | 115 | 64 | $7K | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 1.9% | 180 | 166 | $7K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 44 | 28 | $3K |
5 more codes
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 25 | $2K |
| D0602 | <1% | 261 | $1K | |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 13 | $1K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 15 | $910.77 |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 40 | $557.60 |
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.