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Lowell Dentistry and Braces, PC

Lowell Dentistry and Braces, PC was paid $42K by Medicaid between Apr 2023 and Nov 2024, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 37% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoLOWELL DENTISTRY AND BRACES, PC
LOWELL, MA 01850
33aNPI1881308310assigned 01/10/2023
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$42K
24GClaims802
24DCodes billed9
24AFirst – last monthApr 2023 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in Massachusetts

Rank by total paid#250 of 413
Median peer was paid$93K
This provider vs. median0.5×

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

Paid by month

$0$5.0K$10K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2023318$14K
2024incomplete484$28K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 37% 167 55 $16K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 32% 336 276 $14K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 20% 159 141 $9K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 5.1% 56 56 $2K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 1.7% 13 13 $715.00
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image 1.2% 32 30 $487.42
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused 1.1% 13 12 $449.83
D1206 Topical application of fluoride varnish <1% 13 13 $364.00
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient <1% 13 12 $278.00

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 officialTAVANO, JOANNE (CFO)
Same official

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Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.