Dental
The Kids Dentist
The Kids Dentist was paid $1.40M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 27% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTHE KIDS DENTIST
WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA 01089
WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA 01089
33aNPI1417162918assigned 05/10/2007
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$1.40M
24GClaims37,277
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#47 of 144
Median peer was paid$511K
This provider vs. median2.7×
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 | 4,582 | $166K | |
| 2019 | 4,612 | $166K | |
| 2020 | 2,914 | $95K | |
| 2021 | 4,800 | $169K | |
| 2022 | 6,976 | $272K | |
| 2023 | 7,824 | $307K | |
| 2024incomplete | 5,569 | $221K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 27% | 7,649 | 7,425 | $382K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 16% | 8,800 | 8,598 | $227K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 15% | 7,357 | 7,176 | $206K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 8.4% | 3,056 | 800 | $117K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 6.7% | 1,460 | 1,430 | $93K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 5.8% | 2,735 | 2,671 | $80K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 4.9% | 1,237 | 1,198 | $69K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 3.8% | 599 | 352 | $52K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.8% | 1,267 | 1,240 | $52K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.1% | 533 | 371 | $43K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.8% | 1,393 | 1,265 | $25K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 1.3% | 222 | 131 | $18K |
8 more codes
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 1.0% | 167 | $14K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 481 | $6K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | <1% | 16 | $3K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 69 | $3K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 86 | $2K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 16 | $2K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 16 | $1K |
| D1999 | 0% | 118 | $0.00 |
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 officialMATTHEWS, ROBERT (OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Robert D Matthews, DMD, PLLC | Peoria, AZ | $19K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.