Dental
James Lagatta DDS INC
James Lagatta DDS INC was paid $425K by Medicaid between Oct 2020 and Nov 2024, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 21% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoJAMES LAGATTA DDS INC
PICO RIVERA, CA 90660
PICO RIVERA, CA 90660
33aNPI1164055703assigned 02/21/2020
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$425K
24GClaims11,987
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthOct 2020 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#953 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 896 | $29K | |
| 2021 | 3,078 | $107K | |
| 2022 | 3,148 | $112K | |
| 2023 | 2,970 | $105K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,895 | $71K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 21% | 1,953 | 1,952 | $88K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 19% | 1,075 | 1,074 | $80K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 16% | 994 | 994 | $66K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 11% | 2,811 | 2,804 | $46K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 8.5% | 1,743 | 1,739 | $36K |
| D1310 | 5.5% | 516 | 515 | $23K | |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 4.2% | 266 | 123 | $18K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 3.4% | 168 | 168 | $15K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.4% | 838 | 835 | $10K |
| D9993 | 2.3% | 150 | 150 | $10K | |
| D0603 | 1.5% | 430 | 429 | $6K | |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 1.4% | 235 | 58 | $6K |
7 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 officialLAGATTA, JOSH (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Josh Lagatta DDS INC | Los Angeles, CA | $4.25M |
| James Lagatta DDS INC | Huntington Park, CA | $1.31M |
| Josh Lagatta DDS INC | Los Angeles, CA | $253K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.