What Medicaid actually paid per porcelain crown (D2740), by state
This visualization compares the average amount Medicaid paid per claim line for porcelain crowns (CDT code D2740) across U.S. states, using blue horizontal bars sorted from highest to lowest. Orange dots overlay each bar to show the state’s official fee schedule rate where published, with tooltips providing additional context. The chart fetches live data from the Real Dental Costs Open Data API and renders it as an SVG using d3.v7’s `d3.json`, `d3.scaleLinear`, `d3.scaleBand`, and axis functions. Data originates from HHS/CMS T-MSIS provider spending files.
AI-generated descriptionWhat Medicaid actually paid per porcelain crown (D2740), by state
Horizontal bar chart of the Medicaid amount paid per claim line for CDT code D2740 (porcelain/ceramic crown) in 2023-2024, by state, with the state's official fee schedule rate as a dot where one is published.
- Data: Real Dental Costs Open Data API, endpoint
https://realdentalcosts.com/api/v1/medicaid/D2740.json, fetched live (no key, CORS enabled, CC BY 4.0). - Source of the paid amounts: HHS/CMS Medicaid Provider Spending by HCPCS (T-MSIS). Paid is not the allowed amount, not a fee-schedule rate and not a cash price. HHS suppresses cells below 12 claim lines or 12 patients, and managed-care payer rates are excluded, so small states are incomplete.
- Method and caveats: methodology · Medicaid dental fee index.
Some official schedules cover children only (for example Texas Health Steps, ages 0-20, not adult Medicaid): each dot's tooltip carries the API's column note, so read it before comparing a dot with its bar.
Only states flagged quality_flag: "ok" in the API are drawn. Independent pricing and market research, not medical,
dental or insurance advice.
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