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Ernesti, Timothy

Ernesti, Timothy was paid $140K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Apr 2019, across 13 billing codes. Its largest line is D1351, Sealant - per tooth — 18% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoERNESTI, TIMOTHY
SIOUX CITY, IA 51106
33aNPI1972827194assigned 03/17/2010
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$140K
24GClaims6,779
24DCodes billed13
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Apr 2019
Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in Iowa

Rank by total paid#66 of 268
Median peer was paid$26K
This provider vs. median5.3×

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$10K$20K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20185,769$118K
20191,010$22K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D1351 Sealant - per tooth 18% 1,372 201 $25K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 15% 981 897 $21K
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 13% 275 178 $18K
D1206 Topical application of fluoride varnish 13% 1,425 1,307 $18K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 10% 1,013 928 $14K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 7.9% 373 343 $11K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image 6.3% 233 208 $9K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 5.7% 383 351 $8K
D2391 Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent 5.6% 192 112 $8K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images 2.9% 304 270 $4K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 2.8% 192 175 $4K
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused <1% 15 14 $388.73
1 more codes
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image <1% 21 $216.35

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.