Dental
DR. Kates Growing Smiles Childrens Dentistry LLC
DR. Kates Growing Smiles Childrens Dentistry LLC was paid $4.02M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 26 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 14% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDR. KATES GROWING SMILES CHILDRENS DENTISTRY LLC
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, OH 44118
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, OH 44118
33aNPI1093258105assigned 11/21/2016
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$4.02M
24GClaims145,196
24DCodes billed26
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Ohio
Rank by total paid#22 of 870
Median peer was paid$40K
This provider vs. median99×
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 | 15,127 | $365K | |
| 2019 | 16,539 | $364K | |
| 2020 | 15,406 | $402K | |
| 2021 | 25,132 | $708K | |
| 2022 | 22,579 | $484K | |
| 2023 | 21,825 | $448K | |
| 2024incomplete | 28,588 | $1.25M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 14% | 4,928 | 1,474 | $571K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 13% | 22,761 | 21,934 | $519K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 11% | 26,577 | 25,628 | $455K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 9.7% | 6,529 | 4,029 | $389K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.5% | 17,125 | 16,554 | $340K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 6.1% | 8,520 | 8,150 | $246K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 5.7% | 3,495 | 1,988 | $229K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 5.3% | 18,795 | 18,069 | $213K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 4.5% | 7,117 | 1,896 | $183K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 4.0% | 4,417 | 4,277 | $161K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.9% | 2,709 | 1,889 | $155K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 3.6% | 4,018 | 3,732 | $143K |
14 more codes
| D1354 | 2.9% | 5,202 | $115K | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.1% | 3,915 | $83K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 1.3% | 920 | $54K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 1.1% | 612 | $44K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 1,318 | $29K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | <1% | 522 | $28K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 417 | $26K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 3,876 | $22K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 1,197 | $7K |
| D2160 | <1% | 76 | $5K | |
| D2140 | <1% | 22 | $840.00 | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 55 | $825.00 |
| D2330 | <1% | 15 | $768.15 | |
| D0240 | <1% | 58 | $624.00 |
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 officialKATES, DALE (OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| DR. Kates Premier Smiles Orthodontics INC. | University Heights, OH | $12.74M |
| DR. Kates Premier Smiles Orthodontics INC. | Parma, OH | $274K |
| Innovative Smiles Cle INC | University Heights, OH | $157K |
| DR. Kates Premier Smiles Orthodontics INC | Shaker Heights, OH | $56K |
| DR. Kates Premier Smiles Orthodontics INC | Euclid, OH | $17K |
| Kates Orthodontics | Cleveland, OH | $428.00 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.