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Highway 6 Dental and Orthodontics PLLC

Highway 6 Dental and Orthodontics PLLC was paid $4.55M by Medicaid between Sep 2020 and Dec 2024, across 31 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 16% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoHIGHWAY 6 DENTAL AND ORTHODONTICS PLLC
HOUSTON, TX 77084
33aNPI1518524073assigned 05/21/2019
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$4.55M
24GClaims145,060
24DCodes billed31
24AFirst – last monthSep 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in Texas

Rank by total paid#37 of 1,678
Median peer was paid$35K
This provider vs. median132×

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 ZARRABI, SAAM controls 18+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$50K$100K$150K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20203,333$107K
202128,345$986K
202236,151$1.09M
202341,796$1.29M
2024incomplete35,435$1.07M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D2930 Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth 16% 5,320 1,040 $741K
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 11% 5,390 2,466 $518K
D1351 Sealant - per tooth 10% 18,024 4,083 $473K
D0145 Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age 10% 3,332 3,316 $463K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 7.0% 9,215 9,142 $319K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 5.8% 9,474 9,417 $263K
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image 4.4% 20,284 12,077 $200K
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish 3.9% 12,753 12,649 $176K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 3.7% 3,316 3,288 $168K
D3220 Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction 3.3% 1,935 573 $151K
D9248 3.2% 1,308 1,278 $147K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image 3.0% 13,123 12,973 $138K
19 more codes
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 2.8% 4,191 $127K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 2.7% 3,756 $123K
D2391 Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent 2.3% 1,393 $103K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images 2.2% 5,021 $100K
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images 2.0% 1,448 $91K
D2393 Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 1.3% 591 $57K
D9230 Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis 1.2% 2,101 $55K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image <1% 1,342 $37K
D0160 <1% 1,825 $25K
D7140 Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root <1% 346 $19K
D2934 <1% 137 $17K
D1330 <1% 1,149 $12K
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused <1% 506 $9K
D9223 Deep sedation/general anesthesia - each subsequent 15 minute increment <1% 153 $8K
D9222 <1% 75 $6K
D9612 <1% 84 $2K
D7111 <1% 24 $206.46
D0270 <1% 12 $58.80
D0603 <1% 17,432 $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.

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Authorized officialZARRABI, SAAM (OWNER)
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