Dental
Bayou Smiles Center
Bayou Smiles Center was paid $850K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 23 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 19% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBAYOU SMILES CENTER
MORGAN CITY, LA 70380
MORGAN CITY, LA 70380
33aNPI1154667210assigned 12/18/2012
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$850K
24GClaims20,516
24DCodes billed23
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#63 of 412
Median peer was paid$83K
This provider vs. median10×
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 | 6,197 | $246K | |
| 2019 | 1,832 | $72K | |
| 2020 | 2,297 | $111K | |
| 2021 | 7,322 | $313K | |
| 2022 | 1,929 | $77K | |
| 2024incomplete | 939 | $31K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 19% | 2,036 | 1,165 | $165K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 15% | 3,062 | 2,823 | $126K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 13% | 2,536 | 2,400 | $107K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 10% | 1,407 | 864 | $87K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 8.0% | 1,686 | 1,517 | $68K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 7.6% | 1,494 | 1,389 | $65K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.4% | 378 | 256 | $37K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 4.4% | 1,102 | 1,092 | $37K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 3.9% | 1,317 | 1,283 | $33K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 3.3% | 820 | 684 | $28K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 3.2% | 1,348 | 1,331 | $27K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 3.1% | 1,346 | 1,338 | $26K |
11 more codes
| D4341 | 2.0% | 220 | $17K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 640 | $8K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | <1% | 165 | $4K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | <1% | 106 | $3K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 544 | $3K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 45 | $3K |
| D2394 | <1% | 20 | $2K | |
| D9248 | <1% | 12 | $2K | |
| D3110 | <1% | 21 | $726.94 | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 28 | $308.70 |
| D1330 | 0% | 183 | $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 officialBRAUD, JOSEPH (OWNER)