Medicaid dental directory

Find a Medicaid Dentist in Pennsylvania

8,746 dental providers are state-listed on Pennsylvania’s official Medicaid and CHIP dental submission, including 7,863 marked as accepting new patients. State-listed means on the roster, not a booking guarantee: call to confirm they take your plan.

Pennsylvania Medicaid dental coverage stats

8,746
State-listed dental providers
7,863
Marked accepting new patients
19
Medicaid & CHIP dental plans
1,812
Pediatric dentists listed

Source: Pennsylvania’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 2026-08-04. Published rosters overstate active participation; studies phone-confirm roughly two-thirds of official listings. Always call the office to confirm.

Where Pennsylvania’s Medicaid dentists are

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

Philadelphia
1,974 listed
Pittsburgh
682 listed
Lancaster
382 listed
Allentown
359 listed
Bethlehem
269 listed
Reading
264 listed
York
253 listed
Harrisburg
215 listed
Scranton
215 listed
Bensalem
182 listed
Easton
178 listed
Wilkes Barre
158 listed
Warrington
140 listed
West Grove
140 listed
Springfield
118 listed

Pennsylvania Medicaid & CHIP dental plans

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

CHIP Aetna Better Health KidsCHIP Capital BlueCrossCHIP Geisinger Health PlanCHIP Health PartnersCHIP HIGHMARK CHOICE COMPANYCHIP Jefferson Health PlansCHIP Keystone First - CHIPCHIP UNITEDHEALTHCARECHIP UPMC for KidsCHIP Wellkids by Pa Health & WellnessMEDICAL ASSISTANCE AMERIHEALTHMEDICAL ASSISTANCE FEE FOR SERVICEMEDICAL ASSISTANCE GEISINGER HEALTH PLANMEDICAL ASSISTANCE HEALTH PARTNERS PLANSMEDICAL ASSISTANCE HIGHMARK WHOLECAREMEDICAL ASSISTANCE JEFFERSON HEALTH PLANSMEDICAL ASSISTANCE KEYSTONE FIRSTMEDICAL ASSISTANCE MEDICAID UHCMEDICAL ASSISTANCE UPMC FOR YOU

What Pennsylvania Medicaid pays dentists

Reimbursement shapes participation: states that pay dentists more list more of them. Pennsylvania’s published dental fee schedule (2025) covers 166 procedure codes.

See Pennsylvania Medicaid dental rates

Pennsylvania Medicaid dentist FAQ

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

Pennsylvania lists 8,746 dental providers on its official Medicaid and CHIP submission to the federal InsureKidsNow locator. Coverage is deepest in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Lancaster. 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 Pennsylvania?

8,746 dental providers are state-listed for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania Medicaid dentists accepting new patients?

7,863 of the 8,746 state-listed Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania Medicaid actually pays for common procedures on our Pennsylvania fee-schedule page, and confirm current adult coverage with the state program.

How current is this Pennsylvania Medicaid dentist list?

Pennsylvania's listings carry state update dates as recent as 2026-08-04. 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.