Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Banuelos, Sara

Banuelos, Sara was paid $254K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 32% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoBANUELOS, SARA
DOWNERS GROVE, IL 60515
33aNPI1164542429assigned 03/30/2007
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$254K
24GClaims8,950
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in Illinois

Rank by total paid#451 of 1,099
Median peer was paid$160K
This provider vs. median1.6×

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

$0$10K$20K$30K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20184,719$144K
2019131$3K
2020173$4K
202153$2K
202284$2K
20231,152$27K
2024incomplete2,638$72K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 32% 2,037 1,933 $81K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 22% 2,047 1,935 $56K
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish 13% 1,260 1,209 $33K
D1351 Sealant - per tooth 7.2% 304 188 $18K
D2150 Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent 5.1% 226 198 $13K
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 3.8% 155 116 $10K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images 2.7% 730 689 $7K
D2140 2.1% 156 143 $5K
D2930 Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth 2.0% 53 41 $5K
D7140 Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root 2.0% 110 97 $5K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image 1.9% 839 781 $5K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 1.5% 203 197 $4K
7 more codes
D3220 Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction 1.4% 52 $4K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 1.0% 119 $3K
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image <1% 546 $2K
D2391 Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent <1% 46 $2K
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images <1% 25 $774.83
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult <1% 14 $677.32
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused <1% 28 $405.00

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.