Dental
Thomas F Gessel PLLC
Thomas F Gessel PLLC was paid $6.88M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is D8080, Comprehensive orthodontic treatment of the adolescent dentition — 56% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTHOMAS F GESSEL PLLC
TACOMA, WA 98465
TACOMA, WA 98465
33aNPI1104248293assigned 01/09/2014
33bProvider typeOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist
28Total paid$6.88M
24GClaims32,957
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist providers in Washington
Rank by total paid#3 of 86
Median peer was paid$386K
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 | 5,285 | $1.31M | |
| 2019 | 4,911 | $1.22M | |
| 2020 | 8,663 | $1.13M | |
| 2021 | 4,222 | $1.01M | |
| 2022 | 3,828 | $914K | |
| 2023 | 3,075 | $687K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,973 | $612K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D8080 | Comprehensive orthodontic treatment of the adolescent dentition | 56% | 10,042 | 9,886 | $3.86M |
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 16% | 4,791 | 4,657 | $1.09M |
| D8030 | 11% | 2,307 | 2,268 | $754K | |
| D8660 | 11% | 2,407 | 2,327 | $732K | |
| D0160 | 3.3% | 5,387 | 5,354 | $229K | |
| D0170 | 2.1% | 3,652 | 3,638 | $146K | |
| D1999 | <1% | 4,355 | 3,967 | $59K | |
| D8020 | <1% | 16 | 15 | $9K |
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 officialGESSEL, THOMAS (OWNER)