Dental
Designing Smiles
Designing Smiles was paid $560K by Medicaid between Jun 2018 and Dec 2024, across 24 billing codes. Its largest line is D2740, Crown - porcelain/ceramic — 23% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDESIGNING SMILES
FRANKFORT, KY 40601
FRANKFORT, KY 40601
33aNPI1437346780assigned 10/01/2007
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$560K
24GClaims13,591
24DCodes billed24
24AFirst – last monthJun 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Kentucky
Rank by total paid#65 of 350
Median peer was paid$95K
This provider vs. median5.9×
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 | 948 | $30K | |
| 2019 | 3,215 | $105K | |
| 2020 | 493 | $12K | |
| 2021 | 1,274 | $38K | |
| 2022 | 1,367 | $47K | |
| 2023 | 1,885 | $71K | |
| 2024incomplete | 4,409 | $257K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2740 | Crown - porcelain/ceramic | 23% | 300 | 160 | $126K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 13% | 1,389 | 616 | $75K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 13% | 1,152 | 551 | $75K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 10% | 1,341 | 1,218 | $58K |
| D2394 | 7.6% | 663 | 324 | $43K | |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 6.9% | 1,611 | 1,515 | $39K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 6.8% | 894 | 828 | $38K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.9% | 1,274 | 1,156 | $22K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 3.7% | 652 | 564 | $21K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 2.5% | 334 | 321 | $14K |
| D2335 | 2.4% | 177 | 71 | $13K | |
| D2950 | 1.3% | 116 | 53 | $7K |
12 more codes
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.2% | 1,155 | $7K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 365 | $5K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | <1% | 61 | $4K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patient | <1% | 130 | $3K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 58 | $3K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 737 | $3K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 194 | $2K |
| D2954 | <1% | 16 | $2K | |
| D2332 | <1% | 26 | $1K | |
| D9986 | <1% | 215 | $579.00 | |
| D1999 | 0% | 25 | $0.00 | |
| D9215 | 0% | 706 | $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 officialSANDIFER, JULIE (AR MANAGER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Gentle Care Dentistry | Lexington, KY | $112K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.