Dental
Ruben Mendez DDS a Professional Corporation
Ruben Mendez DDS a Professional Corporation was paid $486K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 24% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoRUBEN MENDEZ DDS A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234
CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234
33aNPI1043622202assigned 05/22/2014
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$486K
24GClaims14,669
24DCodes billed17
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#897 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median2.8×
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 | 1,933 | $53K | |
| 2019 | 1,595 | $61K | |
| 2020 | 1,127 | $35K | |
| 2021 | 2,241 | $66K | |
| 2022 | 2,199 | $72K | |
| 2023 | 3,116 | $104K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,458 | $95K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 24% | 1,407 | 1,401 | $115K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 18% | 1,417 | 1,409 | $88K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 14% | 1,416 | 1,409 | $66K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 8.9% | 796 | 443 | $43K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 7.7% | 677 | 673 | $38K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 6.7% | 2,193 | 2,186 | $32K |
| D0350 | 6.1% | 3,220 | 1,429 | $30K | |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 5.2% | 385 | 244 | $25K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 3.0% | 373 | 370 | $15K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 1.6% | 1,944 | 756 | $8K |
| D4910 | 1.5% | 95 | 95 | $7K | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.5% | 347 | 344 | $7K |
5 more codes
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 officialMENDEZ, RUBEN (DENTIST)