Dental
A & a Dental Center
A & a Dental Center was paid $450K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is D7210, Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth — 25% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoA & A DENTAL CENTER
MERRILLVILLE, IN 46410
MERRILLVILLE, IN 46410
33aNPI1790988418assigned 06/08/2007
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$450K
24GClaims13,980
24DCodes billed15
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Indiana
Rank by total paid#91 of 452
Median peer was paid$59K
This provider vs. median7.6×
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 | 2,582 | $29K | |
| 2019 | 2,386 | $93K | |
| 2020 | 1,869 | $70K | |
| 2021 | 2,841 | $114K | |
| 2022 | 1,573 | $54K | |
| 2023 | 1,659 | $59K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,070 | $31K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 25% | 895 | 405 | $114K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 22% | 3,451 | 3,086 | $99K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 16% | 1,758 | 1,594 | $72K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 9.3% | 1,480 | 1,315 | $42K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 6.0% | 489 | 240 | $27K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 5.7% | 659 | 591 | $26K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 5.7% | 2,941 | 2,579 | $26K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 3.8% | 875 | 796 | $17K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 3.5% | 516 | 480 | $16K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 738 | 460 | $4K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 52 | 36 | $3K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 22 | 12 | $2K |
3 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 officialAYANGADE, CRESHINDA (DENTIST)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan City Family Dentistry | Michigan City, IN | $2.15M |
| Michigan City Family Dentistry | Portage, IN | $94K |
| Dental Center of Hammond | Hammond, IN | $18K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.