Dental
Vargas, Kaaren
Vargas, Kaaren was paid $977K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2024, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 19% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoVARGAS, KAAREN
NORTH LIBERTY, IA 52317
NORTH LIBERTY, IA 52317
33aNPI1063516060assigned 09/11/2006
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$977K
24GClaims36,389
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#14 of 58
Median peer was paid$284K
This provider vs. median3.4×
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 | 9,512 | $249K | |
| 2019 | 7,504 | $190K | |
| 2020 | 2,085 | $54K | |
| 2021 | 3,589 | $100K | |
| 2022 | 5,750 | $161K | |
| 2023 | 5,254 | $151K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,695 | $73K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 19% | 6,452 | 6,140 | $190K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 16% | 7,517 | 7,190 | $155K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 13% | 7,726 | 7,371 | $132K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 13% | 1,504 | 777 | $125K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 6.8% | 1,779 | 1,717 | $66K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 5.7% | 3,214 | 3,075 | $55K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 3.8% | 2,698 | 2,388 | $37K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 3.6% | 320 | 171 | $35K |
| D2932 | 3.6% | 286 | 110 | $35K | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 3.0% | 884 | 849 | $29K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 2.9% | 1,413 | 494 | $28K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.9% | 1,377 | 1,335 | $28K |
8 more codes
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.4% | 396 | $24K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 1.5% | 227 | $15K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 105 | $6K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 67 | $5K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 69 | $4K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 121 | $4K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 171 | $2K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 63 | $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.