Dental
Jose a Drago Ruth I Drago DDS INC
Jose a Drago Ruth I Drago DDS INC was paid $427K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 33% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoJOSE A DRAGO RUTH I DRAGO DDS INC
VISTA, CA 92084
VISTA, CA 92084
33aNPI1154491975assigned 11/09/2006
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$427K
24GClaims26,404
24DCodes billed14
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#951 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
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 | 5,893 | $75K | |
| 2019 | 4,025 | $53K | |
| 2020 | 1,795 | $26K | |
| 2021 | 4,001 | $55K | |
| 2022 | 4,458 | $96K | |
| 2023 | 3,174 | $57K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,058 | $66K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 33% | 2,544 | 2,534 | $140K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 20% | 2,306 | 2,302 | $85K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 16% | 15,876 | 2,902 | $67K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 8.3% | 1,693 | 1,690 | $36K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 6.1% | 2,374 | 2,371 | $26K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.5% | 290 | 141 | $19K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 4.4% | 298 | 298 | $19K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 1.9% | 119 | 52 | $8K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 1.9% | 210 | 174 | $8K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.2% | 443 | 441 | $5K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.1% | 90 | 53 | $5K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 1.1% | 56 | 55 | $5K |
2 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 officialDRAGO, JOSE (OWNER)