Dental
Tropics Dental PLLC
Tropics Dental PLLC was paid $11.60M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 22 billing codes. Its largest line is D2391, Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTROPICS DENTAL PLLC
BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520
BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520
33aNPI1982089256assigned 07/28/2015
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$11.60M
24GClaims404,906
24DCodes billed22
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#5 of 1,678
Median peer was paid$35K
This provider vs. median336×
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 | 701 | $11K | |
| 2019 | 897 | $17K | |
| 2020 | 13,214 | $382K | |
| 2021 | 100,183 | $3.04M | |
| 2022 | 102,708 | $2.90M | |
| 2023 | 100,617 | $2.82M | |
| 2024incomplete | 86,586 | $2.42M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 18% | 26,639 | 13,549 | $2.09M |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 16% | 12,888 | 12,851 | $1.82M |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 12% | 37,943 | 37,856 | $1.37M |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 12% | 47,290 | 47,180 | $1.35M |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 6.5% | 52,103 | 51,972 | $756K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 6.4% | 13,768 | 13,733 | $741K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 5.6% | 6,418 | 3,972 | $653K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 5.5% | 59,140 | 21,570 | $635K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 4.6% | 16,036 | 15,987 | $534K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 4.5% | 19,572 | 19,426 | $524K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.9% | 15,067 | 15,032 | $340K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.4% | 23,485 | 23,417 | $276K |
10 more codes
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 1.6% | 1,240 | $182K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 1.4% | 2,393 | $167K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 3,206 | $110K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 1,274 | $23K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 345 | $17K |
| D2330 | <1% | 52 | $4K | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 567 | $3K |
| D7111 | <1% | 233 | $3K | |
| D0603 | 0% | 27,520 | $0.00 | |
| D0602 | 0% | 37,727 | $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 officialAKHAVAN, SHAHROUZ (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Dental PLLC | Brownsville, TX | $11.03M |
| Liquid Dental, PLLC | San Juan, TX | $9.97M |
| Agua Dentistry, PLLC | Edinburg, TX | $8.90M |
| Deep Sea Dental PLLC | Harlingen, TX | $3.26M |
| Coral Dental PLLC | Weslaco, TX | $2.57M |
| Reef Dental PLLC | Pharr, TX | $1.42M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.