Dental
Precious Smile Dental and Orthodontics
Precious Smile Dental and Orthodontics was paid $51K by Medicaid between Dec 2020 and Oct 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 27% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPRECIOUS SMILE DENTAL AND ORTHODONTICS
DALLAS, TX 75226
DALLAS, TX 75226
33aNPI1881010924assigned 03/13/2014
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$51K
24GClaims3,120
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthDec 2020 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#1,328 of 2,774
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median1.2×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 54 | $876.67 | |
| 2021 | 1,160 | $19K | |
| 2022 | 1,139 | $19K | |
| 2023 | 497 | $7K | |
| 2024incomplete | 270 | $4K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 27% | 483 | 482 | $14K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 19% | 680 | 676 | $10K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 16% | 230 | 228 | $8K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 11% | 464 | 462 | $6K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 9.6% | 435 | 428 | $5K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 8.5% | 84 | 82 | $4K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 3.3% | 12 | 12 | $2K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 2.5% | 50 | 14 | $1K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.7% | 28 | 26 | $847.68 |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.6% | 25 | 25 | $830.64 |
| D0601 | 0% | 617 | 614 | $0.00 | |
| D0602 | 0% | 12 | 12 | $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 officialNGUYEN, NHI (DENTIST)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| ABA Basics, INC. | Huntington Beach, CA | $11.03M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.