Thalanki, Lakshmi

Thalanki, Lakshmi was paid $514K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jan 2019, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 64% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoTHALANKI, LAKSHMI
N. CAMBRIDGE, MA 02140

33aNPI1962675603assigned 04/02/2008

33bProvider typeOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist

28Total paid$514K

24GClaims3,284

24DCodes billed11

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jan 2019

Compared with peers

Next to other Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist providers in Massachusetts

Rank by total paid#52 of 116

Median peer was paid$460K

This provider vs. median1.1×

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	3,160	$498K
2019	124	$15K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D8670	Periodic orthodontic treatment visit	64%	1,430	1,369	$330K
D9941		10%	665	652	$53K
D8080	Comprehensive orthodontic treatment of the adolescent dentition	7.1%	34	31	$36K
D8680		4.7%	306	296	$24K
D7963		3.8%	43	41	$20K
D0330	Panoramic radiographic image	3.2%	200	198	$16K
D0150	Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient	2.8%	271	269	$14K
D8690		1.9%	96	87	$10K
D8999		<1%	91	91	$5K
D9940		<1%	14	14	$4K
D8660		<1%	134	125	$2K

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.