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title: "What Is Gross production? Dental Practice Glossary"
description: "Gross production is the total amount an office bills for treatment performed under its own fee schedule, before any adjustment for insurance contracts, discounts..."
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Practice management

# Gross production

Gross production is the total amount an office bills for treatment performed under its own fee schedule, before any adjustment for insurance contracts, discounts or write-offs.

Gross production is the largest production figure on a report. The ADA defines total production as the total amount the office will bill for a procedure, as set by its established [fee schedule](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/fee-schedule). Nothing has been subtracted yet. If a practice has a contract with a payer, the contract may allow only a lower amount, and that lower amount is called [net production](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/net-production) or adjusted production. The ADA notes that when total production equals billable production, the practice is likely not a participating provider in PPO or DMO plans. Gross production alone does not show what the practice will keep, so owners usually read it next to [collections](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/collections).

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## Related terms

-   [Production](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/production)
-   [Net production](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/net-production)
-   [Collections](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/collections)
-   [Fee schedule](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/fee-schedule)

## Sources

1.  [ADA, Dentist compensation: what every dental associate should know](https://www.ada.org/resources/careers/dentist-compensation)
2.  [ADA, More Than Meets the Eye: How Associate Pay Can Vary](https://www.ada.org/resources/careers/career-planning/articles/more-than-meets-the-eye-how-associate-pay-can-vary)

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