Dental
A Better Smile Dentistry LLC
A Better Smile Dentistry LLC was paid $223K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is D0150, Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient — 26% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoA BETTER SMILE DENTISTRY LLC
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87121
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87121
33aNPI1750820619assigned 02/13/2017
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$223K
24GClaims6,881
24DCodes billed14
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in New Mexico
Rank by total paid#50 of 179
Median peer was paid$47K
This provider vs. median4.7×
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 | 636 | $26K | |
| 2019 | 1,488 | $51K | |
| 2020 | 781 | $23K | |
| 2021 | 1,518 | $58K | |
| 2022 | 1,189 | $32K | |
| 2023 | 722 | $18K | |
| 2024incomplete | 547 | $15K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 26% | 1,701 | 1,686 | $58K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 18% | 882 | 875 | $40K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 16% | 501 | 189 | $36K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 12% | 466 | 460 | $28K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 7.0% | 856 | 853 | $16K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 6.9% | 525 | 522 | $15K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 5.1% | 1,021 | 1,000 | $11K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.3% | 572 | 559 | $5K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 2.3% | 168 | 168 | $5K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 1.2% | 97 | 93 | $3K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 1.2% | 28 | 13 | $3K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 30 | 13 | $2K |
2 more codes
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 officialBAO, LI (DENTIST)