Dental
Growing Smiles Children's Dental Center
Growing Smiles Children's Dental Center was paid $8.54M by Medicaid between Aug 2018 and Dec 2024, across 31 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 20% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoGROWING SMILES CHILDREN'S DENTAL CENTER
MCALLEN, TX 78504
MCALLEN, TX 78504
33aNPI1740489681assigned 07/11/2007
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$8.54M
24GClaims235,068
24DCodes billed31
24AFirst – last monthAug 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#11 of 693
Median peer was paid$252K
This provider vs. median34×
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 | 71 | $581.40 | |
| 2019 | 132 | $1K | |
| 2020 | 6,414 | $215K | |
| 2021 | 55,069 | $2.03M | |
| 2022 | 57,080 | $1.94M | |
| 2023 | 61,083 | $2.27M | |
| 2024incomplete | 55,219 | $2.09M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 20% | 12,397 | 3,097 | $1.72M |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 12% | 7,538 | 7,463 | $1.04M |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 9.2% | 29,883 | 5,947 | $788K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.9% | 27,479 | 26,933 | $758K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 8.4% | 20,396 | 20,048 | $714K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 5.3% | 4,786 | 2,872 | $450K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 5.1% | 8,436 | 8,295 | $439K |
| D9248 | 5.0% | 3,759 | 3,652 | $429K | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 4.6% | 27,817 | 27,288 | $392K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.2% | 4,797 | 3,140 | $355K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 2.8% | 4,584 | 4,500 | $241K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.7% | 10,757 | 10,480 | $234K |
19 more codes
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.8% | 4,669 | $151K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 1.7% | 2,609 | $148K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.6% | 4,068 | $135K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 1.3% | 1,401 | $111K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 1.2% | 4,219 | $106K |
| D2934 | 1.1% | 718 | $97K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.1% | 8,221 | $94K |
| D9420 | <1% | 1,461 | $49K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 1,551 | $28K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 3,047 | $28K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 99 | $10K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | <1% | 449 | $6K |
| D2330 | <1% | 67 | $4K | |
| D9430 | <1% | 158 | $1K | |
| D1330 | <1% | 95 | $1K | |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 16 | $918.63 |
| D7111 | <1% | 23 | $263.81 | |
| D0270 | <1% | 29 | $117.11 | |
| D0603 | 0% | 39,539 | $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 officialMOHAMED, CARLOS (OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Growing Smiles Conway | Palmhurst, TX | $9K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.