Dental
Brident Dental Associates PC
Brident Dental Associates PC was paid $3.07M by Medicaid between Mar 2021 and Dec 2024, across 22 billing codes. Its largest line is D1351, Sealant - per tooth — 22% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBRIDENT DENTAL ASSOCIATES PC
BEAUMONT, TX 77703
BEAUMONT, TX 77703
33aNPI1659966851assigned 03/09/2021
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$3.07M
24GClaims140,103
24DCodes billed22
24AFirst – last monthMar 2021 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#64 of 1,678
Median peer was paid$35K
This provider vs. median89×
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 TAKKAR, PREET controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 32,938 | $809K | |
| 2022 | 39,684 | $892K | |
| 2023 | 36,108 | $726K | |
| 2024incomplete | 31,373 | $647K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 22% | 35,081 | 6,706 | $672K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 18% | 5,408 | 1,884 | $560K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 7.9% | 11,030 | 10,870 | $244K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 7.2% | 8,553 | 8,443 | $221K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 5.9% | 2,342 | 907 | $183K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 5.8% | 1,833 | 1,802 | $177K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 4.6% | 8,476 | 8,362 | $142K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 4.1% | 3,229 | 3,170 | $126K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 4.0% | 13,795 | 13,464 | $123K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 4.0% | 11,719 | 11,551 | $122K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 3.5% | 13,186 | 12,868 | $108K |
| D9248 | 2.8% | 1,123 | 1,101 | $85K |
10 more codes
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.6% | 3,247 | $80K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 2.6% | 1,371 | $80K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 1.8% | 1,376 | $55K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 1.5% | 2,447 | $46K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 1,086 | $29K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 275 | $13K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 584 | $7K |
| D0603 | <1% | 6,761 | $10.15 | |
| D0602 | <1% | 7,095 | $0.70 | |
| D0601 | <1% | 86 | $0.01 |
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 officialTAKKAR, PREET (CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Lodi, CA | $7.34M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Yuba City, CA | $7.21M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Moreno Valley, CA | $6.43M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Modesto, CA | $5.84M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Stockton, CA | $4.69M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Modesto, CA | $4.43M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Stockton, CA | $4.37M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Santa Maria, CA | $4.32M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Stockton, CA | $4.30M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Merced, CA | $4.15M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Fontana, CA | $4.09M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Lancaster, CA | $3.87M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Turlock, CA | $3.75M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Rialto, CA | $3.63M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Riverside, CA | $3.59M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Bakersfield, CA | $3.36M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Los Angeles, CA | $3.33M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Bakersfield, CA | $3.28M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Fresno, CA | $3.18M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Bakersfield, CA | $3.15M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.