Dental
Josh Lagatta DDS INC
Josh Lagatta DDS INC was paid $4.25M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 30 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 16% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoJOSH LAGATTA DDS INC
LOS ANGELES, CA 90063
LOS ANGELES, CA 90063
33aNPI1013087238assigned 11/08/2006
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$4.25M
24GClaims169,636
24DCodes billed30
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#120 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median23×
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 | 39,292 | $835K | |
| 2019 | 31,846 | $732K | |
| 2020 | 24,972 | $509K | |
| 2021 | 23,402 | $459K | |
| 2022 | 22,461 | $546K | |
| 2023 | 15,758 | $515K | |
| 2024incomplete | 11,905 | $650K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 16% | 12,864 | 12,840 | $672K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 14% | 15,997 | 15,953 | $575K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 9.6% | 6,137 | 2,737 | $409K |
| D2140 | 8.3% | 6,476 | 2,891 | $350K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 7.5% | 61,920 | 15,971 | $319K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 6.1% | 4,190 | 4,182 | $258K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 5.3% | 18,423 | 18,367 | $226K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 4.7% | 8,341 | 2,598 | $199K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 3.6% | 2,703 | 1,367 | $154K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 3.5% | 12,779 | 12,689 | $149K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 3.4% | 1,256 | 461 | $145K |
| D2751 | Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal | 2.7% | 238 | 177 | $113K |
18 more codes
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 2.5% | 1,090 | $108K |
| D1310 | 2.3% | 2,189 | $96K | |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 2.1% | 1,109 | $91K |
| D9993 | 2.0% | 1,379 | $83K | |
| D0350 | 1.6% | 5,920 | $67K | |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 1.5% | 1,297 | $62K |
| D3330 | Endodontic therapy, molar tooth (excluding final restoration) | <1% | 81 | $38K |
| D2954 | <1% | 258 | $27K | |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 1,872 | $22K |
| D0603 | <1% | 1,477 | $21K | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 826 | $17K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 250 | $13K |
| D2330 | <1% | 102 | $8K | |
| D2160 | <1% | 93 | $7K | |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | <1% | 45 | $5K |
| D4341 | <1% | 58 | $4K | |
| D9430 | <1% | 107 | $3K | |
| D0601 | <1% | 159 | $2K |
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 officialLAGATTA, JOSH (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| James Lagatta DDS INC | Huntington Park, CA | $1.31M |
| James Lagatta DDS INC | Pico Rivera, CA | $425K |
| Josh Lagatta DDS INC | Los Angeles, CA | $253K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.