Dental
Melvin M Thomas PLLC
Melvin M Thomas PLLC was paid $1.16M by Medicaid between May 2022 and Dec 2024, across 22 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 25% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMELVIN M THOMAS PLLC
CHANNELVIEW, TX 77530
CHANNELVIEW, TX 77530
33aNPI1588335020assigned 09/24/2021
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$1.16M
24GClaims35,724
24DCodes billed22
24AFirst – last monthMay 2022 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#284 of 2,774
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median27×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13,194 | $426K | |
| 2023 | 11,388 | $365K | |
| 2024incomplete | 11,142 | $367K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 25% | 2,877 | 1,124 | $285K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 17% | 1,450 | 1,429 | $196K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 11% | 4,398 | 4,350 | $124K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 8.6% | 2,823 | 2,789 | $99K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 7.6% | 1,665 | 1,649 | $88K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 7.0% | 2,975 | 802 | $81K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 5.8% | 4,706 | 4,655 | $67K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 4.3% | 1,619 | 1,598 | $50K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.0% | 616 | 307 | $47K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.9% | 1,603 | 1,587 | $34K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.8% | 2,966 | 877 | $32K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.4% | 1,400 | 1,344 | $16K |
10 more codes
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 1.3% | 102 | $15K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 353 | $8K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 86 | $7K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 61 | $4K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 70 | $2K |
| D2330 | <1% | 19 | $1K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 39 | $694.86 |
| D0603 | <1% | 3,011 | $0.13 | |
| D0601 | <1% | 1,355 | $0.11 | |
| D0602 | <1% | 1,530 | $0.05 |
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 officialTHOMAS, MELVIN (CEO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Rite Smile Dental PLLC | Houston, TX | $787K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.