Dental
Brident Dental Associates PC
Brident Dental Associates PC was paid $1.64M by Medicaid between Oct 2020 and Dec 2024, across 23 billing codes. Its largest line is D1351, Sealant - per tooth — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBRIDENT DENTAL ASSOCIATES PC
HOUSTON, TX 77077
HOUSTON, TX 77077
33aNPI1356814438assigned 01/10/2019
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$1.64M
24GClaims87,449
24DCodes billed23
24AFirst – last monthOct 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#124 of 1,678
Median peer was paid$35K
This provider vs. median48×
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 ZAMORA, MARIBEL 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2,900 | $52K | |
| 2021 | 20,235 | $325K | |
| 2022 | 24,544 | $461K | |
| 2023 | 23,933 | $464K | |
| 2024incomplete | 15,837 | $339K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 18% | 15,280 | 2,849 | $292K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 15% | 3,502 | 1,377 | $243K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 9.3% | 1,616 | 1,593 | $152K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.9% | 6,908 | 6,774 | $146K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 8.5% | 5,493 | 5,392 | $139K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 6.5% | 2,857 | 2,797 | $106K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 6.0% | 1,823 | 880 | $98K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 5.1% | 12,645 | 7,037 | $84K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 4.0% | 1,451 | 1,425 | $66K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 3.7% | 7,539 | 7,329 | $61K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.5% | 2,551 | 2,486 | $58K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 3.4% | 5,604 | 5,496 | $56K |
11 more codes
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 3.1% | 3,461 | $50K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 2.5% | 1,823 | $41K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 1.6% | 2,620 | $26K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | <1% | 797 | $14K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | <1% | 43 | $4K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 61 | $2K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 13 | $150.24 |
| D1330 | <1% | 973 | $104.07 | |
| D0603 | <1% | 8,341 | $86.96 | |
| D0602 | <1% | 1,811 | $1.45 | |
| D0601 | <1% | 237 | $0.31 |
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 officialZAMORA, MARIBEL (ENROLLMENT COORDINATOR)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Hemet, CA | $4.38M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Oakland, CA | $3.27M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | San Francisco, CA | $3.14M |
| Western Dental Services, INC | Delano, CA | $2.51M |
| Brident Dental Associates PC | Houston, TX | $2.47M |
| Western Dental Service, INC | San Bernardino, CA | $2.35M |
| Brident Dental Associates PC | Houston, TX | $2.34M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Fullerton, CA | $2.30M |
| Brident Dental Associates PC | Houston, TX | $2.03M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Long Beach, CA | $1.87M |
| Brident Dental Associates PC | Fort Worth, TX | $1.78M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Los Angeles, CA | $1.68M |
| Brident Dental Associates PC | Houston, TX | $1.65M |
| Brident Dental Associates PC | Plano, TX | $1.58M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Stockton, CA | $1.55M |
| Brident Dental Associates PC | Mckinney, TX | $1.53M |
| Soumava Sen, DD, P.C. | Houston, TX | $1.47M |
| Brident Dental Associates PC | Houston, TX | $1.40M |
| Brident Dental Associates PC | Houston, TX | $1.36M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Modesto, CA | $1.36M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.