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Sparks Pediatric Dentistry

Sparks Pediatric Dentistry was paid $154K by Medicaid between Jul 2023 and Dec 2024, across 16 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 25% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoSPARKS PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
SPARKS, MD 21152
33aNPI1336823798assigned 06/14/2023
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$154K
24GClaims3,776
24DCodes billed16
24AFirst – last monthJul 2023 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Maryland

Rank by total paid#106 of 150
Median peer was paid$536K
This provider vs. median0.3×

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

$0$10K$20K$30K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2023831$26K
2024incomplete2,945$128K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 25% 828 828 $39K
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 21% 242 136 $32K
D1206 Topical application of fluoride varnish 17% 1,014 1,014 $26K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 15% 792 792 $24K
D7140 Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root 4.7% 56 24 $7K
D2391 Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent 4.4% 68 37 $7K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images 3.4% 326 326 $5K
D1351 Sealant - per tooth 2.9% 115 40 $5K
D9310 2.5% 79 79 $4K
D9230 Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis 1.5% 123 109 $2K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult <1% 13 13 $741.44
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient <1% 13 13 $732.42
4 more codes
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images <1% 26 $625.82
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image <1% 12 $543.40
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image <1% 43 $508.26
D0240 <1% 26 $387.00

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 officialPARLETTE, MELENA (DENTIST/OWNER)