Dental
Pearly Whites of Pearland Family and Cosmetic Dentistry
Pearly Whites of Pearland Family and Cosmetic Dentistry was paid $80K by Medicaid between Dec 2020 and Oct 2024, across 16 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPEARLY WHITES OF PEARLAND FAMILY AND COSMETIC DENTISTRY
PEARLAND, TX 77584
PEARLAND, TX 77584
33aNPI1285054502assigned 04/25/2014
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$80K
24GClaims5,500
24DCodes billed16
24AFirst – last monthDec 2020 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#673 of 1,678
Median peer was paid$35K
This provider vs. median2.3×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 87 | $1K | |
| 2021 | 2,294 | $35K | |
| 2022 | 2,069 | $31K | |
| 2023 | 938 | $13K | |
| 2024incomplete | 112 | $650.49 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 18% | 604 | 539 | $15K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 16% | 1,455 | 637 | $13K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 15% | 421 | 378 | $12K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 10.0% | 641 | 584 | $8K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 9.4% | 759 | 665 | $8K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 7.4% | 141 | 119 | $6K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 6.8% | 234 | 203 | $5K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 6.4% | 68 | 33 | $5K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 5.9% | 237 | 218 | $5K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.0% | 23 | 13 | $2K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 2.0% | 70 | 13 | $2K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 1.0% | 13 | 13 | $829.14 |
4 more codes
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 officialARGAEZ, PAOLA (OWNER/DENTIST)