Dental
Bright Star Kids Dentistry PLLC
Bright Star Kids Dentistry PLLC was paid $942K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 20% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBRIGHT STAR KIDS DENTISTRY PLLC
COMMERCE CITY, CO 80022
COMMERCE CITY, CO 80022
33aNPI1043760432assigned 10/10/2016
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$942K
24GClaims32,696
24DCodes billed18
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Colorado
Rank by total paid#89 of 521
Median peer was paid$53K
This provider vs. median18×
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 | 565 | $13K | |
| 2019 | 1,516 | $34K | |
| 2020 | 3,381 | $75K | |
| 2021 | 5,007 | $116K | |
| 2022 | 7,036 | $208K | |
| 2023 | 8,711 | $275K | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,480 | $223K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 20% | 5,254 | 5,226 | $190K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 14% | 6,475 | 6,426 | $131K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 13% | 4,897 | 4,873 | $122K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 11% | 776 | 486 | $100K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 7.2% | 3,690 | 3,660 | $68K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 6.2% | 1,433 | 1,424 | $58K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 6.0% | 4,411 | 4,358 | $56K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 5.0% | 925 | 925 | $47K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 4.5% | 2,009 | 2,000 | $43K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 4.4% | 1,306 | 1,192 | $42K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.4% | 406 | 283 | $42K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 1.6% | 455 | 185 | $16K |
6 more codes
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 officialMUSANJE, LAWRENCE (OWNER/DENTIST)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Shining Stars Kids Dentistry PC | Lakewood, CO | $3.07M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.