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Pediatric Dentistry

Pediatric Dentistry was paid $551K by Medicaid between Nov 2020 and Dec 2024, across 16 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 19% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
LAREDO, TX 78040
33aNPI1720472707assigned 03/26/2015
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$551K
24GClaims22,982
24DCodes billed16
24AFirst – last monthNov 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Texas

Rank by total paid#259 of 693
Median peer was paid$252K
This provider vs. median2.2×

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

$0$10K$20K$30K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2020196$4K
20216,538$165K
20226,181$160K
20235,109$121K
2024incomplete4,958$101K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 19% 3,615 3,613 $102K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 15% 1,532 1,530 $83K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 14% 2,113 2,112 $76K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images 13% 3,152 3,149 $72K
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish 9.6% 3,668 3,666 $53K
D2391 Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent 8.0% 605 372 $44K
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 6.1% 380 244 $33K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image 4.1% 379 379 $23K
D9230 Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis 4.1% 894 859 $23K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image 2.6% 1,316 1,230 $14K
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image 1.9% 1,158 997 $11K
D0145 Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age 1.5% 63 63 $9K
4 more codes
D9248 1.2% 64 $7K
D1351 Sealant - per tooth <1% 89 $2K
D0603 0% 2,848 $0.00
D0602 0% 1,106 $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 officialESPARZA, FELIPE (PEDIATRIC DENTIST)