Dental
Kenneth W Childress DDS PC
Kenneth W Childress DDS PC was paid $1.85M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2023, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 25% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoKENNETH W CHILDRESS DDS PC
RUIDOSO, NM 88345
RUIDOSO, NM 88345
33aNPI1982913935assigned 09/24/2010
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$1.85M
24GClaims52,282
24DCodes billed21
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in New Mexico
Rank by total paid#25 of 202
Median peer was paid$44K
This provider vs. median42×
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 | 9,875 | $362K | |
| 2019 | 11,157 | $405K | |
| 2020 | 8,609 | $308K | |
| 2021 | 8,193 | $271K | |
| 2022 | 8,689 | $294K | |
| 2023 | 5,759 | $204K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 25% | 6,567 | 2,203 | $469K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 16% | 9,835 | 9,696 | $303K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 9.6% | 5,237 | 5,163 | $177K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 9.6% | 10,029 | 9,888 | $177K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 7.8% | 2,251 | 1,085 | $145K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 6.2% | 4,294 | 4,155 | $114K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 5.8% | 4,850 | 4,786 | $107K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.7% | 2,430 | 2,385 | $69K |
| D7240 | Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony | 3.5% | 346 | 240 | $64K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.9% | 1,017 | 502 | $53K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.8% | 591 | 429 | $51K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.5% | 2,277 | 2,246 | $45K |
9 more codes
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 2.0% | 962 | $38K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 885 | $10K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 251 | $7K |
| D8660 | <1% | 58 | $5K | |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 37 | $3K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 258 | $2K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | <1% | 20 | $2K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | <1% | 58 | $2K |
| D2330 | <1% | 29 | $2K |
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 officialCHILDRESS, KENNETH (PRESIDENT)