Dental
Lakshmi P. Thalanki, Dmd,ms,pc
Lakshmi P. Thalanki, Dmd,ms,pc was paid $611K by Medicaid between Feb 2019 and Sep 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 91% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLAKSHMI P. THALANKI, DMD,MS,PC
HUDSON, MA 01749
HUDSON, MA 01749
33aNPI1457523052assigned 03/24/2008
33bProvider typeOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist
28Total paid$611K
24GClaims3,020
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2019 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#44 of 116
Median peer was paid$460K
This provider vs. median1.3×
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
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 702 | $141K | |
| 2020 | 715 | $135K | |
| 2021 | 592 | $124K | |
| 2022 | 436 | $96K | |
| 2023 | 451 | $81K | |
| 2024incomplete | 124 | $34K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 91% | 2,244 | 2,164 | $557K |
| D8680 | 5.7% | 419 | 393 | $35K | |
| D9941 | 3.2% | 357 | 353 | $19K |
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 officialTHALANKI, LAKSHMI (PRESIDENT)
Parent organizationLAKSHMI P. THALANKI, DMD,MS,PC
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Family Orthodontics of Cambridge | N. Cambridge, MA | $1.26M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.