Dental
Merkley, Patricia
Merkley, Patricia was paid $1.53M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2020, across 26 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 24% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMERKLEY, PATRICIA
MARBLE HILL, MO 63764
MARBLE HILL, MO 63764
33aNPI1952464372assigned 12/18/2006
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$1.53M
24GClaims27,340
24DCodes billed26
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Missouri
Rank by total paid#5 of 260
Median peer was paid$78K
This provider vs. median20×
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 | 9,048 | $631K | |
| 2019 | 12,180 | $601K | |
| 2020 | 6,112 | $295K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 24% | 2,962 | 804 | $367K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 15% | 2,387 | 869 | $236K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 10% | 1,911 | 668 | $158K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 8.7% | 1,928 | 677 | $132K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 7.8% | 1,856 | 721 | $120K |
| D9420 | 4.9% | 626 | 613 | $75K | |
| D2332 | 4.1% | 671 | 321 | $63K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.7% | 2,993 | 1,777 | $41K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 2.7% | 1,030 | 1,024 | $41K |
| D1510 | 2.7% | 333 | 213 | $40K | |
| D2934 | 2.4% | 252 | 123 | $37K | |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 2.4% | 1,838 | 1,811 | $37K |
14 more codes
| D0240 | 2.3% | 2,009 | $35K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 1.7% | 675 | $26K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 1.7% | 2,003 | $26K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.6% | 2,049 | $24K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patient | 1.3% | 911 | $19K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.1% | 142 | $16K |
| D2331 | <1% | 124 | $11K | |
| D2330 | <1% | 160 | $9K | |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | <1% | 153 | $3K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 110 | $3K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 41 | $2K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | <1% | 87 | $2K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 60 | $1K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 29 | $471.62 |
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.