Dental
Cheethirala, Vijaya Laxmi
Cheethirala, Vijaya Laxmi was paid $1.55M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 24 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 23% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHEETHIRALA, VIJAYA LAXMI
MELROSE PARK, IL 60160
MELROSE PARK, IL 60160
33aNPI1023393865assigned 10/12/2011
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$1.55M
24GClaims65,107
24DCodes billed24
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#70 of 1,017
Median peer was paid$123K
This provider vs. median13×
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 | 10,339 | $239K | |
| 2019 | 9,397 | $217K | |
| 2020 | 8,304 | $170K | |
| 2021 | 11,049 | $243K | |
| 2022 | 9,903 | $261K | |
| 2023 | 9,176 | $238K | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,939 | $177K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 23% | 8,919 | 8,518 | $353K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 16% | 9,358 | 8,877 | $252K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 14% | 3,045 | 1,700 | $223K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 14% | 8,688 | 8,288 | $218K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 6.2% | 5,818 | 5,524 | $95K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.9% | 1,087 | 882 | $76K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 3.9% | 1,465 | 1,405 | $60K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 3.5% | 9,517 | 8,934 | $55K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 3.5% | 2,459 | 2,374 | $54K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 2.7% | 630 | 447 | $42K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.3% | 8,551 | 8,023 | $36K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.7% | 2,772 | 2,643 | $26K |
12 more codes
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 1.3% | 388 | $21K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 829 | $14K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 199 | $9K |
| D2140 | <1% | 108 | $4K | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 113 | $3K |
| D2160 | <1% | 46 | $3K | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 52 | $1K |
| D0270 | <1% | 145 | $795.20 | |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 14 | $258.78 |
| D0601 | <1% | 247 | $24.51 | |
| D1999 | 0% | 629 | $0.00 | |
| D0602 | 0% | 28 | $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.