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Children's Dental Center of Big Spring, PLLC

Children's Dental Center of Big Spring, PLLC was paid $481K by Medicaid between Nov 2020 and May 2023, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 20% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCHILDREN'S DENTAL CENTER OF BIG SPRING, PLLC
BIG SPRING, TX 79720
33aNPI1871916379assigned 02/04/2014
33bProvider typeDental Clinic/Center
28Total paid$481K
24GClaims20,560
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthNov 2020 – May 2023
Compared with peers

Next to other Dental Clinic/Center providers in Texas

Rank by total paid#69 of 255
Median peer was paid$110K
This provider vs. median4.4×

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 JAMES, STEVE controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$10K$20K$30K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2020758$14K
20218,759$204K
20228,262$206K
20232,781$57K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 20% 1,020 514 $94K
D1351 Sealant - per tooth 10% 1,824 389 $48K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 8.5% 1,224 1,202 $41K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 7.8% 1,400 1,372 $38K
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image 7.6% 4,601 1,945 $37K
D2930 Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth 6.9% 245 122 $33K
D0145 Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age 6.5% 231 226 $31K
D9230 Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis 5.4% 1,026 946 $26K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 4.9% 463 454 $24K
D1206 Topical application of fluoride varnish 4.8% 1,714 1,683 $23K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image 3.8% 2,058 2,003 $18K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 3.4% 592 582 $16K
8 more codes
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images 3.3% 869 $16K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 2.9% 457 $14K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image 2.3% 381 $11K
D2391 Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent 1.5% 121 $7K
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images <1% 40 $2K
D3220 Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction <1% 21 $1K
D0603 0% 1,259 $0.00
D0602 0% 1,014 $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 officialJAMES, STEVE (CFO)
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