Medicaid dental directory

Find a Medicaid Dentist in Nebraska

663 dental providers are state-listed on Nebraska’s official Medicaid and CHIP dental submission, including 446 marked as accepting new patients. State-listed means on the roster, not a booking guarantee: call to confirm they take your plan.

Nebraska Medicaid dental coverage stats

663
State-listed dental providers
446
Marked accepting new patients
3
Medicaid & CHIP dental plans
122
Pediatric dentists listed

Source: Nebraska’s submission to the federal InsureKidsNow dentist locator, which every state Medicaid program is required to keep current (CMS-10291), including managed-care networks. Listings carry state update dates as recent as 2026-08-05. Published rosters overstate active participation; studies phone-confirm roughly two-thirds of official listings. Always call the office to confirm.

Where Nebraska’s Medicaid dentists are

State-listed providers by city, from the most recent Nebraska submission.

Omaha
215 listed
Lincoln
97 listed
Hastings
26 listed
Bellevue
26 listed
Fremont
25 listed
Grand Island
24 listed
Norfolk
21 listed
Papillion
17 listed
North Platte
17 listed
Columbus
14 listed
Scottsbluff
12 listed
Kearney
11 listed
Gretna
10 listed
Boys Town
9 listed
Crete
9 listed

Nebraska Medicaid & CHIP dental plans

Dentists participate per plan, not per program. When you call, name the specific plan on your card.

Heritage Health Molina Healthcare of NebraskaHeritage Health Nebraska Total CareHeritage Health Unitedhealthcare Community Plan

What Nebraska Medicaid pays dentists

Reimbursement shapes participation: states that pay dentists more list more of them. Nebraska’s published dental fee schedule (2026) covers 180 procedure codes.

See Nebraska Medicaid dental rates

Nebraska Medicaid dentist FAQ

How do I find a dentist that takes Medicaid in Nebraska?

Nebraska lists 663 dental providers on its official Medicaid and CHIP submission to the federal InsureKidsNow locator. Coverage is deepest in Omaha, Lincoln, Hastings. Being state-listed means the provider appears on the program's roster, not a guarantee they are taking new patients today. Call to confirm they accept your specific plan.

How many dentists accept Medicaid in Nebraska?

663 dental providers are state-listed for Nebraska Medicaid and CHIP. Published rosters overstate active participation (studies phone-confirm roughly two-thirds of official listings), so treat the number as a ceiling, not a count of dentists ready to book you in.

Are these Nebraska Medicaid dentists accepting new patients?

446 of the 663 state-listed Nebraska providers are marked as accepting new Medicaid patients in the state's most recent submission. That flag runs ahead of reality: panels close and staff change, so always call the office to confirm before booking.

Does Nebraska Medicaid cover dental for adults?

Pediatric dental is federally mandated under EPSDT in every state; adult dental is an optional benefit each state funds independently. See what Nebraska Medicaid actually pays for common procedures on our Nebraska fee-schedule page, and confirm current adult coverage with the state program.

How current is this Nebraska Medicaid dentist list?

Nebraska's listings carry state update dates as recent as 2026-08-05. States are federally required to keep their InsureKidsNow submissions current, and ProviderSignal re-syncs the full national corpus quarterly. Listings still drift between updates, which is why every count on this page says call to confirm.