Dental
Brident Dental Associates PC
Brident Dental Associates PC was paid $2.47M by Medicaid between Aug 2019 and Dec 2024, across 26 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 17% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBRIDENT DENTAL ASSOCIATES PC
HOUSTON, TX 77081
HOUSTON, TX 77081
33aNPI1861965956assigned 01/10/2019
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$2.47M
24GClaims134,284
24DCodes billed26
24AFirst – last monthAug 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#81 of 1,678
Median peer was paid$35K
This provider vs. median72×
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.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official ZAMORA, MARIBEL controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 49 | $381.28 | |
| 2020 | 5,156 | $97K | |
| 2021 | 37,781 | $687K | |
| 2022 | 35,703 | $673K | |
| 2023 | 32,608 | $599K | |
| 2024incomplete | 22,987 | $414K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 17% | 6,093 | 2,392 | $420K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 12% | 14,188 | 14,023 | $303K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 11% | 14,365 | 3,422 | $270K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 10% | 2,573 | 2,546 | $252K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 10.0% | 9,795 | 9,658 | $247K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 7.1% | 4,581 | 4,518 | $176K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 5.7% | 18,590 | 14,388 | $141K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 5.2% | 15,237 | 14,915 | $129K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 5.1% | 7,937 | 7,803 | $125K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 4.5% | 11,176 | 11,016 | $112K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 4.3% | 4,457 | 4,388 | $105K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.5% | 1,102 | 624 | $62K |
14 more codes
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 2.1% | 2,959 | $53K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 1.7% | 393 | $41K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 1.2% | 2,962 | $31K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 23 | $1K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 93 | $1K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 51 | $1K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 23 | $640.60 |
| D9310 | <1% | 54 | $240.57 | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 31 | $227.03 |
| D0160 | <1% | 14 | $142.07 | |
| D1330 | <1% | 391 | $30.61 | |
| D0603 | <1% | 15,535 | $13.66 | |
| D0602 | <1% | 1,623 | $1.03 | |
| D0601 | <1% | 38 | $0.03 |
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 officialZAMORA, MARIBEL (ENROLLMENT COORDINATOR)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Hemet, CA | $4.38M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Oakland, CA | $3.27M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | San Francisco, CA | $3.14M |
| Western Dental Services, INC | Delano, CA | $2.51M |
| Western Dental Service, INC | San Bernardino, CA | $2.35M |
| Brident Dental Associates PC | Houston, TX | $2.34M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Fullerton, CA | $2.30M |
| Brident Dental Associates PC | Houston, TX | $2.03M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Long Beach, CA | $1.87M |
| Brident Dental Associates PC | Fort Worth, TX | $1.78M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Los Angeles, CA | $1.68M |
| Brident Dental Associates PC | Houston, TX | $1.65M |
| Brident Dental Associates PC | Houston, TX | $1.64M |
| Brident Dental Associates PC | Plano, TX | $1.58M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Stockton, CA | $1.55M |
| Brident Dental Associates PC | Mckinney, TX | $1.53M |
| Soumava Sen, DD, P.C. | Houston, TX | $1.47M |
| Brident Dental Associates PC | Houston, TX | $1.40M |
| Brident Dental Associates PC | Houston, TX | $1.36M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Modesto, CA | $1.36M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.