Dental
Under the Sea Children's Dentistry, P.C
Under the Sea Children's Dentistry, P.C was paid $2.74M by Medicaid between Feb 2019 and Dec 2024, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is D0145, Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age — 15% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoUNDER THE SEA CHILDREN'S DENTISTRY, P.C
CONVERSE, TX 78109
CONVERSE, TX 78109
33aNPI1073947461assigned 08/21/2013
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$2.74M
24GClaims97,980
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#84 of 693
Median peer was paid$252K
This provider vs. median11×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 27 | $0.00 | |
| 2020 | 2,800 | $79K | |
| 2021 | 20,656 | $587K | |
| 2022 | 26,181 | $754K | |
| 2023 | 25,589 | $712K | |
| 2024incomplete | 22,727 | $612K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 15% | 2,955 | 2,938 | $412K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 14% | 13,722 | 2,445 | $372K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 13% | 2,412 | 1,166 | $346K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 9.8% | 7,508 | 7,452 | $268K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 7.7% | 7,476 | 7,433 | $212K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 7.5% | 18,409 | 8,939 | $206K |
| D9248 | 6.0% | 1,380 | 1,344 | $164K | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 4.6% | 8,817 | 8,756 | $127K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 4.3% | 9,616 | 9,495 | $118K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.0% | 1,490 | 931 | $111K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 3.6% | 4,254 | 4,226 | $97K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 2.8% | 1,468 | 1,459 | $78K |
8 more codes
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.2% | 1,787 | $60K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.8% | 1,482 | $50K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 1.6% | 736 | $45K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 1.0% | 1,085 | $29K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.0% | 289 | $28K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 1,075 | $20K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 19 | $1K |
| D0603 | 0% | 12,000 | $0.00 |
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 officialARISMENDI SARABIA, NATASCHA (PEDIATRIC DENTIST)