Dental
George M Short DDS MS PC
George M Short DDS MS PC was paid $8.68M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 23 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 19% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoGEORGE M SHORT DDS MS PC
JACKSON, TN 38305
JACKSON, TN 38305
33aNPI1982708020assigned 09/11/2006
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$8.68M
24GClaims230,139
24DCodes billed23
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#9 of 112
Median peer was paid$1.03M
This provider vs. median8.4×
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 | 40,679 | $1.44M | |
| 2019 | 41,146 | $1.46M | |
| 2020 | 30,444 | $1.11M | |
| 2021 | 33,941 | $1.31M | |
| 2022 | 28,426 | $1.10M | |
| 2023 | 29,806 | $1.23M | |
| 2024incomplete | 25,697 | $1.02M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 19% | 14,738 | 6,819 | $1.63M |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 12% | 31,075 | 30,694 | $1.03M |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 11% | 11,719 | 5,770 | $927K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 10% | 37,404 | 36,962 | $895K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 5.4% | 22,981 | 22,711 | $469K |
| D9248 | 4.9% | 4,982 | 4,816 | $425K | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 4.7% | 8,771 | 8,641 | $407K |
| D2140 | 4.5% | 6,771 | 4,562 | $390K | |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 4.5% | 13,420 | 4,084 | $389K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 4.4% | 18,692 | 18,461 | $385K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 3.3% | 11,886 | 10,943 | $284K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 3.3% | 6,661 | 6,578 | $282K |
11 more codes
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 3.2% | 15,483 | $274K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 3.0% | 4,574 | $262K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 2.3% | 6,887 | $201K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 2.1% | 2,565 | $180K |
| D1353 | 1.4% | 4,124 | $117K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 3,088 | $72K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 3,672 | $44K |
| D2330 | <1% | 202 | $10K | |
| D1354 | <1% | 360 | $3K | |
| D2920 | <1% | 12 | $526.56 | |
| D2940 | <1% | 72 | $395.35 |
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 officialSHORT, GEORGE (PRESIDENT)