Dental
Buchanan, John
Buchanan, John was paid $242K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 31% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBUCHANAN, JOHN
LEXINGTON, NC 27292
LEXINGTON, NC 27292
33aNPI1952340101assigned 06/05/2006
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$242K
24GClaims7,774
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#177 of 402
Median peer was paid$154K
This provider vs. median1.6×
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 | 1,059 | $26K | |
| 2019 | 1,057 | $29K | |
| 2020 | 771 | $23K | |
| 2021 | 911 | $27K | |
| 2022 | 1,042 | $35K | |
| 2023 | 1,235 | $40K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,699 | $61K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 31% | 1,974 | 1,932 | $74K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 30% | 2,961 | 2,872 | $72K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 10% | 408 | 169 | $25K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 7.6% | 524 | 503 | $18K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 6.5% | 293 | 287 | $16K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 6.2% | 573 | 553 | $15K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 3.4% | 511 | 493 | $8K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.1% | 258 | 258 | $5K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.2% | 27 | 24 | $3K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.2% | 192 | 166 | $3K |
| D9110 | <1% | 40 | 40 | $2K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 13 | 12 | $1K |
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.