Dental
Shankar, Lalitha
Shankar, Lalitha was paid $13K by Medicaid between Oct 2023 and Oct 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is D4381, — 78% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSHANKAR, LALITHA
WORCESTER, MA 01609
WORCESTER, MA 01609
33aNPI1346390440assigned 01/11/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$13K
24GClaims243
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthOct 2023 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#515 of 693
Median peer was paid$87K
This provider vs. median0.2×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 42 | $940.00 | |
| 2024incomplete | 201 | $12K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D4381 | 78% | 126 | 12 | $10K | |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 7.5% | 43 | 43 | $984.00 |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 6.5% | 16 | 16 | $848.00 |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 3.8% | 13 | 12 | $501.00 |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 3.2% | 18 | 18 | $414.00 |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 15 | 14 | $105.00 |
| D4910 | <1% | 12 | 12 | $75.00 |
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.