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Brident DDS PC

Brident DDS PC was paid $65K by Medicaid between Dec 2021 and Dec 2024, across 16 billing codes. Its largest line is D0145, Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age — 22% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoBRIDENT DDS PC
HOUSTON, TX 77092
33aNPI1669143707assigned 09/27/2021
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$65K
24GClaims6,061
24DCodes billed16
24AFirst – last monthDec 2021 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in Texas

Rank by total paid#714 of 1,678
Median peer was paid$35K
This provider vs. median1.9×

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

$0$5.0K$10K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2021179$979.99
20222,430$24K
2023923$6K
2024incomplete2,529$34K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D0145 Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age 22% 210 165 $14K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 18% 643 588 $12K
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish 12% 911 841 $8K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 11% 363 317 $7K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image 9.3% 919 828 $6K
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image 9.3% 1,107 835 $6K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 5.2% 186 172 $3K
D1351 Sealant - per tooth 3.9% 144 28 $3K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 3.1% 70 58 $2K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images 2.4% 119 104 $2K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 2.3% 69 60 $2K
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images <1% 12 12 $529.80
4 more codes
D0601 <1% 577 $0.35
D0602 <1% 95 $0.04
D1999 0% 29 $0.00
D0603 0% 607 $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 officialTAKKAR, PREET (CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER)
Same official

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