Dental
Uppala, Lakshmi
Uppala, Lakshmi was paid $826K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 22 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 15% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoUPPALA, LAKSHMI
WHEELING, IL 60090
WHEELING, IL 60090
33aNPI1659711984assigned 07/01/2013
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$826K
24GClaims25,981
24DCodes billed22
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#203 of 1,099
Median peer was paid$160K
This provider vs. median5.2×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1,434 | $35K | |
| 2019 | 2,015 | $50K | |
| 2020 | 2,013 | $47K | |
| 2021 | 2,090 | $48K | |
| 2022 | 3,012 | $84K | |
| 2023 | 7,899 | $307K | |
| 2024incomplete | 7,518 | $255K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 15% | 3,000 | 2,916 | $122K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 14% | 4,108 | 3,996 | $113K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 13% | 1,560 | 1,290 | $110K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 9.3% | 1,627 | 1,598 | $77K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 9.0% | 786 | 684 | $75K |
| D4341 | 8.1% | 353 | 197 | $67K | |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 5.7% | 1,882 | 1,874 | $47K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 4.8% | 1,495 | 1,455 | $39K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 4.3% | 1,923 | 1,865 | $36K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.2% | 609 | 525 | $26K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 2.8% | 676 | 676 | $23K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.4% | 3,453 | 3,325 | $20K |
10 more codes
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 2.3% | 1,105 | $19K |
| D9110 | 1.7% | 250 | $14K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 1.3% | 2,258 | $11K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 627 | $7K |
| D2332 | <1% | 61 | $6K | |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 84 | $6K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | <1% | 63 | $4K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | <1% | 32 | $2K |
| D2331 | <1% | 14 | $1K | |
| D0270 | <1% | 15 | $84.00 |
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.