Dental
Brident Dental Associates PC
Brident Dental Associates PC was paid $1.70M by Medicaid between Mar 2021 and Dec 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBRIDENT DENTAL ASSOCIATES PC
AUSTIN, TX 78723
AUSTIN, TX 78723
33aNPI1164017364assigned 03/09/2021
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$1.70M
24GClaims81,551
24DCodes billed21
24AFirst – last monthMar 2021 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#116 of 1,678
Median peer was paid$35K
This provider vs. median49×
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official TAKKAR, PREET controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16,692 | $344K | |
| 2022 | 23,317 | $502K | |
| 2023 | 22,550 | $481K | |
| 2024incomplete | 18,992 | $372K |
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 | 18% | 4,281 | 1,814 | $302K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 10% | 8,174 | 8,018 | $175K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 10% | 1,694 | 630 | $173K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 8.9% | 8,267 | 1,453 | $151K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 7.8% | 5,245 | 5,161 | $132K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 7.3% | 2,326 | 1,101 | $124K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 7.1% | 3,171 | 3,102 | $120K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 5.0% | 966 | 940 | $86K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 5.0% | 8,401 | 8,249 | $85K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 4.9% | 9,824 | 9,558 | $84K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 4.7% | 5,003 | 4,910 | $80K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 4.5% | 9,631 | 9,352 | $76K |
9 more codes
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 4.0% | 2,837 | $68K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 1.0% | 923 | $17K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 222 | $12K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 295 | $7K |
| D9248 | <1% | 87 | $6K | |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | <1% | 192 | $2K |
| D0603 | <1% | 7,485 | $0.90 | |
| D0601 | <1% | 1,433 | $0.29 | |
| D0602 | <1% | 1,094 | $0.19 |
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 officialTAKKAR, PREET (CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER)
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|---|---|---|
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| Western Dental Services, INC. | Moreno Valley, CA | $6.43M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Modesto, CA | $5.84M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Stockton, CA | $4.69M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Modesto, CA | $4.43M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Stockton, CA | $4.37M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Santa Maria, CA | $4.32M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Stockton, CA | $4.30M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Merced, CA | $4.15M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Fontana, CA | $4.09M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Lancaster, CA | $3.87M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Turlock, CA | $3.75M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Rialto, CA | $3.63M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Riverside, CA | $3.59M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Bakersfield, CA | $3.36M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Los Angeles, CA | $3.33M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Bakersfield, CA | $3.28M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Fresno, CA | $3.18M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Bakersfield, CA | $3.15M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.