Dental
Michael Luther DDS INC
Michael Luther DDS INC was paid $764K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 88% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMICHAEL LUTHER DDS INC
TEMECULA, CA 92590
TEMECULA, CA 92590
33aNPI1104162130assigned 12/19/2012
33bProvider typeOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist
28Total paid$764K
24GClaims4,587
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#92 of 251
Median peer was paid$303K
This provider vs. median2.5×
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 | 1,509 | $183K | |
| 2019 | 1,472 | $202K | |
| 2020 | 450 | $133K | |
| 2021 | 371 | $77K | |
| 2022 | 396 | $66K | |
| 2023 | 243 | $60K | |
| 2024incomplete | 146 | $43K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 88% | 2,385 | 2,383 | $674K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 4.7% | 1,060 | 1,059 | $36K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 4.0% | 1,068 | 1,067 | $31K |
| D8080 | Comprehensive orthodontic treatment of the adolescent dentition | 1.6% | 12 | 12 | $13K |
| D8680 | 1.1% | 26 | 13 | $8K | |
| D0470 | <1% | 12 | 12 | $900.00 | |
| D0340 | <1% | 12 | 12 | $600.00 | |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 12 | 12 | $576.00 |
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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialLUTHER, MICHAEL (OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Escondido Valley Braces | Escondido, CA | $487K |
| Michael L Luther D.D.S INC | Moreno Valley, CA | $249K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.