Dental
Smile Center for Children
Smile Center for Children was paid $9.53M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 28 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 17% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSMILE CENTER FOR CHILDREN
NASHVILLE, TN 37211
NASHVILLE, TN 37211
33aNPI1902078926assigned 03/31/2008
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$9.53M
24GClaims285,845
24DCodes billed28
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#8 of 112
Median peer was paid$1.03M
This provider vs. median9.3×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 38,650 | $1.31M | |
| 2019 | 43,730 | $1.51M | |
| 2020 | 40,989 | $1.35M | |
| 2021 | 47,611 | $1.51M | |
| 2022 | 37,886 | $1.24M | |
| 2023 | 39,289 | $1.30M | |
| 2024incomplete | 37,690 | $1.30M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 17% | 49,345 | 48,315 | $1.66M |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 13% | 51,585 | 50,496 | $1.24M |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 12% | 10,212 | 4,124 | $1.10M |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 10% | 47,494 | 46,543 | $987K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 7.6% | 10,061 | 5,350 | $719K |
| D9248 | 4.7% | 5,826 | 5,162 | $444K | |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 4.6% | 5,488 | 2,691 | $436K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 3.9% | 8,635 | 8,445 | $372K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 3.8% | 20,519 | 20,068 | $362K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 3.6% | 7,989 | 7,807 | $339K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 3.3% | 5,325 | 2,721 | $311K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 2.6% | 8,627 | 2,803 | $252K |
16 more codes
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 2.1% | 9,863 | $198K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.5% | 5,007 | $145K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.5% | 5,268 | $142K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.5% | 1,724 | $141K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.3% | 2,078 | $124K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.3% | 10,368 | $124K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 1.1% | 3,899 | $109K |
| D1510 | 1.1% | 757 | $108K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 5,603 | $52K |
| D2933 | <1% | 285 | $43K | |
| D1354 | <1% | 6,768 | $39K | |
| D9110 | <1% | 821 | $37K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 1,903 | $37K |
| D0270 | <1% | 345 | $3K | |
| D2330 | <1% | 35 | $2K | |
| D2332 | <1% | 15 | $1K |
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 officialCALDWELL, MIRNA (CO-OWNER)