Dental
Shah, Palak
Shah, Palak was paid $1.11M by Medicaid between May 2020 and Nov 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 14% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSHAH, PALAK
AURORA, IL 60506
AURORA, IL 60506
33aNPI1942843420assigned 10/28/2019
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$1.11M
24GClaims31,619
24DCodes billed21
24AFirst – last monthMay 2020 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#140 of 1,099
Median peer was paid$160K
This provider vs. median6.9×
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 | 5,821 | $151K | |
| 2021 | 8,184 | $244K | |
| 2022 | 2,088 | $80K | |
| 2023 | 8,377 | $347K | |
| 2024incomplete | 7,149 | $284K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 14% | 1,923 | 1,349 | $154K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 12% | 3,287 | 3,125 | $137K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 12% | 1,797 | 989 | $136K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 11% | 4,231 | 4,028 | $119K |
| D4341 | 9.1% | 593 | 301 | $101K | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 7.6% | 3,199 | 3,044 | $84K |
| D4342 | 5.4% | 543 | 338 | $60K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 5.1% | 1,156 | 896 | $57K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 4.2% | 2,002 | 1,918 | $46K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 3.8% | 992 | 954 | $43K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.8% | 2,398 | 2,272 | $42K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 3.1% | 1,136 | 1,099 | $35K |
9 more codes
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.2% | 206 | $24K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.1% | 3,823 | $23K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 1.3% | 3,265 | $14K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 405 | $7K |
| D2331 | <1% | 54 | $6K | |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 117 | $6K |
| D4910 | <1% | 84 | $6K | |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 370 | $4K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | <1% | 38 | $3K |
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.