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Port Arthur Smiles INC

Port Arthur Smiles INC was paid $2.21M by Medicaid between Jul 2019 and Dec 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 16% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPORT ARTHUR SMILES INC
PORT ARTHUR, TX 77642
33aNPI1891035499assigned 02/20/2013
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$2.21M
24GClaims88,453
24DCodes billed21
24AFirst – last monthJul 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in Texas

Rank by total paid#90 of 1,678
Median peer was paid$35K
This provider vs. median64×

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

Paid by month

$0$50K$100K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201924$314.56
20205,151$146K
202127,329$765K
202222,630$582K
202319,236$416K
2024incomplete14,083$301K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 16% 3,677 1,431 $348K
D0145 Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age 15% 2,483 2,454 $336K
D1351 Sealant - per tooth 11% 9,595 1,991 $253K
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image 9.5% 21,431 7,565 $211K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 9.2% 5,826 5,743 $204K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 8.1% 6,485 6,395 $180K
D2391 Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent 6.1% 1,884 951 $136K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 4.9% 2,135 2,086 $108K
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish 4.1% 6,482 6,401 $91K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 4.1% 3,121 3,070 $90K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image 4.0% 8,331 8,088 $89K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 2.5% 1,580 1,529 $54K
9 more codes
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images 2.3% 2,423 $52K
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images 1.1% 378 $24K
D1206 Topical application of fluoride varnish <1% 1,179 $17K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image <1% 609 $13K
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused <1% 288 $5K
D0270 <1% 13 $53.90
D0601 0% 2,961 $0.00
D0602 0% 1,306 $0.00
D0603 0% 6,266 $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 officialTHAKKAR, DHAVAL (OWNER /PROVIDER)
Same official

Other billing entities under THAKKAR, DHAVAL

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