Dental
Shahram Ghafghazi Dds,ps
Shahram Ghafghazi Dds,ps was paid $2.42M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and May 2023, across 24 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 14% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSHAHRAM GHAFGHAZI DDS,PS
BURIEN, WA 98166
BURIEN, WA 98166
33aNPI1285884718assigned 09/20/2008
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$2.42M
24GClaims100,911
24DCodes billed24
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – May 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Washington
Rank by total paid#41 of 156
Median peer was paid$337K
This provider vs. median7.2×
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 | 23,879 | $585K | |
| 2019 | 23,466 | $575K | |
| 2020 | 17,039 | $381K | |
| 2021 | 15,858 | $351K | |
| 2022 | 13,148 | $286K | |
| 2023 | 7,521 | $242K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 14% | 13,844 | 13,608 | $335K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 14% | 14,840 | 14,477 | $327K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 11% | 12,396 | 3,383 | $263K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 9.9% | 14,843 | 14,463 | $240K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 8.9% | 1,637 | 699 | $215K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 8.0% | 2,882 | 1,656 | $194K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 5.3% | 12,748 | 12,467 | $127K |
| D9999 | Unspecified adjunctive procedure, by report | 5.2% | 4,594 | 4,446 | $125K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 5.0% | 2,280 | 1,301 | $121K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 4.3% | 2,662 | 2,604 | $105K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 3.3% | 2,204 | 2,065 | $80K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 3.1% | 3,713 | 3,566 | $75K |
12 more codes
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 2.3% | 988 | $56K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 1.5% | 1,005 | $37K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.4% | 4,380 | $34K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 1.1% | 993 | $27K |
| D1999 | <1% | 1,871 | $24K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 1,090 | $22K |
| D7111 | <1% | 170 | $5K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 1,515 | $3K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 193 | $2K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 23 | $2K |
| D9248 | <1% | 27 | $1K | |
| D0270 | <1% | 13 | $87.12 |
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 officialGHAFGHAZI, SHAHRAM (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Ghafghazi Dds,p.S. | Renton, WA | $3.02M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.