Dental
Smilestars, LLC
Smilestars, LLC was paid $15.98M by Medicaid between Mar 2018 and Dec 2024, across 31 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSMILESTARS, LLC
BATON ROUGE, LA 70810
BATON ROUGE, LA 70810
33aNPI1093879322assigned 12/21/2006
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$15.98M
24GClaims326,045
24DCodes billed31
24AFirst – last monthMar 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#3 of 98
Median peer was paid$469K
This provider vs. median34×
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 | 36,568 | $1.57M | |
| 2019 | 52,843 | $2.28M | |
| 2020 | 46,721 | $2.07M | |
| 2021 | 22,602 | $977K | |
| 2022 | 46,105 | $2.14M | |
| 2023 | 65,673 | $3.43M | |
| 2024incomplete | 55,533 | $3.52M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 18% | 20,227 | 5,049 | $2.93M |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 9.6% | 41,484 | 40,890 | $1.53M |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 9.0% | 14,625 | 5,982 | $1.44M |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.7% | 48,072 | 47,404 | $1.39M |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 6.9% | 52,981 | 52,222 | $1.11M |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 5.8% | 12,754 | 5,891 | $931K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 5.0% | 15,867 | 15,648 | $803K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 4.1% | 10,900 | 10,780 | $654K |
| D9248 | 4.1% | 5,245 | 4,932 | $648K | |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 4.1% | 29,434 | 28,999 | $647K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 4.0% | 6,253 | 2,894 | $632K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 3.5% | 18,531 | 5,605 | $565K |
19 more codes
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 3.3% | 7,242 | $522K |
| D2390 | 2.2% | 1,476 | $356K | |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 2.2% | 5,190 | $344K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.6% | 5,319 | $263K |
| D7240 | Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony | 1.6% | 1,066 | $250K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 1.5% | 4,694 | $238K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.4% | 14,356 | $220K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.3% | 1,614 | $203K |
| D2330 | <1% | 1,484 | $123K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 4,483 | $64K |
| D2331 | <1% | 258 | $31K | |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | <1% | 597 | $25K |
| D3110 | <1% | 531 | $20K | |
| D9239 | <1% | 391 | $19K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 749 | $10K |
| D9222 | <1% | 80 | $9K | |
| D9223 | Deep sedation/general anesthesia - each subsequent 15 minute increment | <1% | 68 | $6K |
| D2332 | <1% | 17 | $2K | |
| D9920 | <1% | 57 | $70.10 |
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 officialRIPPLE, STEVEN (PEDIATRIC DENTIST)