Dental
Speltz, Kara
Speltz, Kara was paid $1.42M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 22 billing codes. Its largest line is D2150, Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSPELTZ, KARA
NEW HAMPTON, IA 50659
NEW HAMPTON, IA 50659
33aNPI1952526857assigned 04/16/2007
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$1.42M
24GClaims49,924
24DCodes billed22
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#14 of 268
Median peer was paid$26K
This provider vs. median54×
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 | 9,030 | $245K | |
| 2019 | 7,865 | $220K | |
| 2020 | 7,138 | $187K | |
| 2021 | 7,903 | $212K | |
| 2022 | 6,577 | $183K | |
| 2023 | 5,761 | $175K | |
| 2024incomplete | 5,650 | $194K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 18% | 3,942 | 2,079 | $255K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 12% | 4,612 | 4,479 | $176K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 12% | 8,857 | 8,589 | $176K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 9.7% | 4,647 | 4,495 | $137K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 9.1% | 7,607 | 7,354 | $128K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 8.3% | 5,917 | 1,688 | $118K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 8.1% | 4,437 | 4,268 | $115K |
| D2140 | 5.1% | 1,470 | 951 | $72K | |
| D2160 | 4.7% | 868 | 528 | $66K | |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 2.8% | 2,258 | 1,951 | $40K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 1.8% | 565 | 543 | $26K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.5% | 1,935 | 1,802 | $21K |
10 more codes
| D2740 | Crown - porcelain/ceramic | 1.1% | 36 | $16K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | <1% | 845 | $13K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 491 | $12K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 446 | $11K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | <1% | 73 | $8K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 128 | $7K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 96 | $6K |
| D2332 | <1% | 115 | $5K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 555 | $5K |
| D2950 | <1% | 24 | $3K |
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.