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Lifesmiles Pediatric Dentistry

Lifesmiles Pediatric Dentistry was paid $123K by Medicaid between Aug 2022 and Dec 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 32% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoLIFESMILES PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
HOWELL, MI 48843
33aNPI1508596859assigned 06/10/2022
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$123K
24GClaims4,076
24DCodes billed10
24AFirst – last monthAug 2022 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Michigan

Rank by total paid#113 of 153
Median peer was paid$464K
This provider vs. median0.3×

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

$0$5.0K$10K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2022876$25K
20231,825$56K
2024incomplete1,375$42K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 32% 957 954 $39K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 24% 918 915 $29K
D1206 Topical application of fluoride varnish 21% 961 958 $26K
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 8.6% 96 63 $11K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images 7.8% 404 404 $10K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image 4.3% 307 302 $5K
D1351 Sealant - per tooth 1.8% 72 37 $2K
D2391 Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent <1% 15 13 $1K
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image <1% 12 12 $159.93
D9230 Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis 0% 334 318 $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 officialCZARNECKI, GAIL (DOCTOR/OWNER)