Dental
Anthony Hung Cao DDS a Professional Corporation
Anthony Hung Cao DDS a Professional Corporation was paid $2.40M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 30 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 22% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoANTHONY HUNG CAO DDS A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
COSTA MESA, CA 92627
COSTA MESA, CA 92627
33aNPI1164514220assigned 09/28/2006
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$2.40M
24GClaims119,746
24DCodes billed30
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#221 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median13×
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 | 25,684 | $431K | |
| 2019 | 21,316 | $383K | |
| 2020 | 15,149 | $275K | |
| 2021 | 18,924 | $323K | |
| 2022 | 15,919 | $382K | |
| 2023 | 12,785 | $315K | |
| 2024incomplete | 9,969 | $293K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 22% | 10,113 | 10,073 | $532K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 15% | 9,695 | 9,657 | $353K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 10% | 57,929 | 11,194 | $248K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 7.2% | 2,579 | 1,363 | $173K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 7.1% | 2,036 | 2,028 | $169K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 5.8% | 12,115 | 12,069 | $139K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 4.6% | 9,280 | 9,244 | $109K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 4.5% | 1,751 | 1,743 | $109K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 4.0% | 1,696 | 820 | $96K |
| D2140 | 3.8% | 1,696 | 991 | $92K | |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 2.6% | 2,743 | 940 | $63K |
| D2751 | Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal | 2.5% | 127 | 78 | $60K |
18 more codes
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 2.2% | 1,172 | $53K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.4% | 499 | $33K |
| D4341 | 1.3% | 501 | $32K | |
| D9430 | <1% | 695 | $22K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 399 | $21K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | <1% | 534 | $21K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 1,412 | $16K |
| D9993 | <1% | 319 | $12K | |
| D0350 | <1% | 1,255 | $12K | |
| D1310 | <1% | 322 | $11K | |
| D4910 | <1% | 96 | $7K | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 335 | $7K |
| D2954 | <1% | 53 | $6K | |
| D2160 | <1% | 54 | $4K | |
| D0603 | <1% | 106 | $1K | |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | <1% | 60 | $1K |
| D0601 | <1% | 55 | $240.00 | |
| D1999 | <1% | 119 | $138.00 |
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 officialCAO, ANTHONY (PRESIDENT OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony H Cao DDS INC | Long Beach, CA | $107K |
| A H Cao Dental Corporation | Long Beach, CA | $3K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.