Clinic
Joyous Smiles Pediatric Dentistry PLLC
Joyous Smiles Pediatric Dentistry PLLC was paid $38K by Medicaid between Nov 2023 and Dec 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is D0145, Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age — 36% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoJOYOUS SMILES PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY PLLC
KATY, TX 77494
KATY, TX 77494
33aNPI1699470989assigned 04/04/2023
33bProvider typeDental Clinic/Center
28Total paid$38K
24GClaims2,065
24DCodes billed10
24AFirst – last monthNov 2023 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dental Clinic/Center providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#164 of 255
Median peer was paid$110K
This provider vs. median0.4×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 184 | $2K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,881 | $37K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 36% | 103 | 99 | $14K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 16% | 187 | 176 | $6K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 14% | 627 | 189 | $5K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 9.7% | 122 | 114 | $4K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 8.4% | 246 | 231 | $3K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 6.7% | 243 | 225 | $3K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 6.2% | 113 | 13 | $2K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 2.1% | 31 | 28 | $807.80 |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 15 | 14 | $187.04 |
| D0603 | 0% | 378 | 361 | $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 officialPALACIOS, GABRIELA (OWNER)