Dental
Cao, Linda
Cao, Linda was paid $444K by Medicaid between Jan 2021 and Jun 2022, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 24% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCAO, LINDA
METAIRIE, LA 70006
METAIRIE, LA 70006
33aNPI1093939373assigned 04/11/2007
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$444K
24GClaims11,506
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthJan 2021 – Jun 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#53 of 98
Median peer was paid$469K
This provider vs. median0.9×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7,552 | $296K | |
| 2022 | 3,954 | $148K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 24% | 975 | 306 | $105K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 13% | 1,765 | 1,670 | $57K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 10% | 588 | 336 | $46K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.0% | 1,414 | 1,331 | $35K |
| D9920 | 5.7% | 417 | 370 | $26K | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 4.6% | 1,129 | 1,066 | $20K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 4.6% | 465 | 439 | $20K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 4.1% | 934 | 884 | $18K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 3.7% | 257 | 136 | $16K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 3.5% | 696 | 657 | $16K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 3.5% | 354 | 331 | $15K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 2.9% | 553 | 184 | $13K |
8 more codes
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 2.5% | 128 | $11K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 2.2% | 302 | $10K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.1% | 830 | $10K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 1.7% | 165 | $8K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 1.6% | 331 | $7K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.6% | 72 | $7K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 57 | $2K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 74 | $840.00 |
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.