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DR. Lester Sitzes III

DR. Lester Sitzes III was paid $122K by Medicaid between Mar 2021 and Oct 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is D7140, Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root — 59% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoDR. LESTER SITZES III
HOPE, AR 71801
33aNPI1942899430assigned 01/11/2021
33bProvider typeDental Clinic/Center
28Total paid$122K
24GClaims2,987
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthMar 2021 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Dental Clinic/Center providers in Arkansas

Rank by total paid#39 of 117
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median2.9×

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

$0$5.0K$10K$15K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2021671$27K
20221,330$58K
2023715$26K
2024incomplete271$12K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D7140 Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root 59% 1,062 369 $72K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 11% 585 575 $14K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 11% 309 303 $13K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image 5.0% 370 351 $6K
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish 3.8% 267 265 $5K
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused 3.7% 140 137 $4K
D9230 Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis 3.3% 174 144 $4K
D2140 <1% 17 12 $1K
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images <1% 13 13 $1K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images <1% 37 37 $771.68
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child <1% 13 13 $433.20

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 officialEAST, LORIE (DENTAL ASSISTANT)