Dental
Bughao and Chu Dental a General Partnership
Bughao and Chu Dental a General Partnership was paid $1.81M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is D9420, — 37% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBUGHAO AND CHU DENTAL A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP
EL DORADO HILLS, CA 95762
EL DORADO HILLS, CA 95762
33aNPI1124178322assigned 01/11/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$1.81M
24GClaims38,508
24DCodes billed15
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#335 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median10×
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 | 5,831 | $239K | |
| 2019 | 5,259 | $235K | |
| 2020 | 3,740 | $167K | |
| 2021 | 4,414 | $175K | |
| 2022 | 2,779 | $102K | |
| 2023 | 9,191 | $503K | |
| 2024incomplete | 7,294 | $390K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D9420 | 37% | 5,404 | 3,731 | $673K | |
| D4341 | 29% | 7,034 | 1,829 | $522K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 8.6% | 11,832 | 3,494 | $155K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 8.5% | 2,285 | 603 | $155K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.5% | 1,159 | 459 | $64K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 3.3% | 967 | 964 | $61K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.3% | 3,504 | 3,472 | $42K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 2.0% | 1,077 | 1,066 | $36K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 1.7% | 1,230 | 1,227 | $30K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 1.2% | 1,692 | 1,677 | $21K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.1% | 297 | 133 | $20K |
| D0350 | <1% | 1,770 | 749 | $14K |
3 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 officialBUGHAO, RODNEY (PARTNER)