Dental
Dwarnal, Venkatesh
Dwarnal, Venkatesh was paid $331K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDWARNAL, VENKATESH
HUNTINGTON PARK, CA 90255
HUNTINGTON PARK, CA 90255
33aNPI1023162674assigned 01/22/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$331K
24GClaims12,420
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#1,066 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median1.9×
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 | 2,282 | $51K | |
| 2019 | 1,847 | $39K | |
| 2020 | 981 | $12K | |
| 2021 | 1,747 | $21K | |
| 2022 | 1,315 | $34K | |
| 2023 | 1,724 | $65K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,524 | $109K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 18% | 964 | 962 | $59K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 12% | 658 | 658 | $39K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 11% | 417 | 417 | $35K |
| D2751 | Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal | 9.5% | 66 | 40 | $31K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 8.7% | 635 | 634 | $29K |
| D4910 | 8.2% | 358 | 358 | $27K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 8.0% | 5,574 | 1,288 | $27K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 7.2% | 649 | 648 | $24K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 6.4% | 1,718 | 1,717 | $21K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 5.2% | 265 | 141 | $17K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.0% | 586 | 584 | $7K |
| D2140 | 1.9% | 115 | 66 | $6K |
8 more codes
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.2% | 73 | $4K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | <1% | 113 | $2K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 108 | $1K |
| D9430 | <1% | 27 | $780.00 | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 30 | $664.50 |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 12 | $259.20 |
| D0350 | <1% | 33 | $240.00 | |
| D1999 | 0% | 19 | $0.00 |
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.