Dental
Luz E Estrada PLLC
Luz E Estrada PLLC was paid $496K by Medicaid between May 2019 and Sep 2024, across 16 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 25% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLUZ E ESTRADA PLLC
DURHAM, NC 27713
DURHAM, NC 27713
33aNPI1134536188assigned 07/22/2014
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$496K
24GClaims17,876
24DCodes billed16
24AFirst – last monthMay 2019 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#127 of 402
Median peer was paid$154K
This provider vs. median3.2×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,562 | $40K | |
| 2020 | 2,236 | $63K | |
| 2021 | 3,574 | $106K | |
| 2022 | 3,696 | $94K | |
| 2023 | 3,644 | $104K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,164 | $89K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 25% | 1,185 | 569 | $125K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 18% | 3,411 | 3,268 | $87K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 13% | 1,886 | 1,762 | $67K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 10% | 3,207 | 3,068 | $51K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 9.9% | 1,830 | 1,751 | $49K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 6.4% | 2,209 | 2,043 | $32K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 5.6% | 2,401 | 1,840 | $28K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 5.0% | 844 | 787 | $25K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 2.4% | 286 | 255 | $12K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.4% | 389 | 370 | $7K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 31 | 17 | $4K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 73 | 69 | $3K |
4 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 officialESTRADA, LUZ (OWNER/)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Lae Family Counseling Services, INC. | Indio, CA | $7K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.