Dental
James R Pignataro III DDS PC
James R Pignataro III DDS PC was paid $14K by Medicaid between Apr 2018 and Aug 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 66% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoJAMES R PIGNATARO III DDS PC
HUNTSVILLE, AL 35801
HUNTSVILLE, AL 35801
33aNPI1992217103assigned 10/27/2017
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$14K
24GClaims686
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthApr 2018 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#180 of 293
Median peer was paid$31K
This provider vs. median0.5×
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 | 213 | $4K | |
| 2019 | 112 | $2K | |
| 2020 | 109 | $2K | |
| 2021 | 119 | $3K | |
| 2022 | 49 | $1K | |
| 2023 | 39 | $767.60 | |
| 2024incomplete | 45 | $935.00 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 66% | 491 | 475 | $9K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 26% | 129 | 124 | $4K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 5.4% | 28 | 26 | $761.00 |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 3.4% | 38 | 34 | $474.00 |
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 officialPIGNATARO, JAMES (OWNER)