Smiley Dental Sheperd PLLC
Smiley Dental Sheperd PLLC was paid $887K by Medicaid between Mar 2018 and Dec 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 30% of everything it billed.
BALCH SPRINGS, TX 75180
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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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 38 | $308.82 | |
| 2020 | 1,084 | $38K | |
| 2021 | 8,063 | $277K | |
| 2022 | 8,753 | $281K | |
| 2023 | 6,724 | $198K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,417 | $92K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 30% | 2,746 | 1,094 | $266K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 10% | 1,208 | 604 | $90K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 8.8% | 1,477 | 1,462 | $78K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 7.7% | 2,438 | 2,410 | $68K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 7.5% | 475 | 469 | $66K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 6.1% | 1,528 | 1,507 | $54K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 5.2% | 1,577 | 1,558 | $46K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 4.7% | 2,959 | 2,922 | $42K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 3.9% | 1,298 | 299 | $34K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 3.9% | 2,854 | 2,814 | $34K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 3.3% | 2,704 | 2,626 | $30K |
| D0350 | 2.5% | 1,246 | 1,235 | $22K |
9 more codes
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 2.2% | 578 | $19K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.6% | 683 | $14K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 1.1% | 375 | $10K |
| D2330 | <1% | 69 | $5K | |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 38 | $4K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 27 | $2K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 12 | $225.36 |
| D0602 | 0% | 1,763 | $0.00 | |
| D0603 | 0% | 2,024 | $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.
Who's on the registration
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Smiley Dental-Arlington PLLC | Arlington, TX | $2.09M |
| Smiley Dental-Mesquite PLLC | Mesquite, TX | $1.44M |
| Smiley Dental Skillman PLLC | Dallas, TX | $1.32M |
| Smiley Dental-Garland PLLC | Dallas, TX | $1.01M |
| Smiley Dental Broadway PLLC | Garland, TX | $786K |
| Smiley Dental Webb Chapel PLLC | Dallas, TX | $681K |
| Smiley Dental FT Worth PLLC | Ft Worth, TX | $633K |
| Buckner Smiley Dental PLLC | Dallas, TX | $558K |
| Lynh T Pham, DDS PA | Dallas, TX | $533K |
| Smiley Dental-Camp Bowie PLLC | Fort Worth, TX | $496K |
| Smiley Dental-Forest Lane PLLC | Dallas, TX | $231K |
| Smiley Dental PLLC | Irving, TX | $90K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.