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Pioneer Dental, P.A.

Pioneer Dental, P.A. was paid $4.51M by Medicaid between Sep 2019 and Dec 2024, across 24 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 23% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPIONEER DENTAL, P.A.
ARLINGTON, TX 76010
33aNPI1649368473assigned 10/10/2006
28Total paid$4.51M
24GClaims134,624
24DCodes billed24
24AFirst – last monthSep 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Texas

Rank by total paid#68 of 2,774
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median106×

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 TAFEL, ROBERT controls 12+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$100K$200K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201912$0.00
20207,272$273K
202137,512$1.18M
202235,524$1.27M
202331,107$1.03M
2024incomplete23,197$753K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 23% 11,471 3,791 $1.03M
D0145 Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age 11% 3,623 3,552 $486K
D2930 Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth 11% 3,371 746 $480K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 7.8% 12,815 12,707 $351K
D2391 Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent 7.6% 4,873 1,964 $340K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 7.5% 9,917 9,813 $339K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 4.7% 4,164 4,108 $210K
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish 4.3% 14,130 13,957 $193K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 3.6% 4,941 4,893 $160K
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image 3.5% 14,668 12,412 $160K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image 3.4% 12,920 12,783 $154K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images 2.9% 5,831 5,776 $132K
12 more codes
D1351 Sealant - per tooth 2.8% 4,799 $124K
D9248 1.7% 667 $78K
D3220 Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction 1.3% 783 $59K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 1.3% 1,817 $57K
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images 1.2% 837 $54K
D9230 Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis 1.2% 2,078 $53K
D2393 Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent <1% 279 $25K
D7140 Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root <1% 303 $14K
D0350 <1% 178 $3K
D2331 <1% 18 $2K
D0603 0% 18,945 $0.00
D1999 0% 1,196 $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 officialTAFEL, ROBERT (PRESIDENT)
Same official

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Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.