Dental
Joao F Chang DDS Thida Mahasucon DDS
Joao F Chang DDS Thida Mahasucon DDS was paid $2.81M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 25% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoJOAO F CHANG DDS THIDA MAHASUCON DDS
MERCED, CA 95340
MERCED, CA 95340
33aNPI1174728224assigned 06/19/2007
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$2.81M
24GClaims125,068
24DCodes billed21
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#186 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median15×
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 | 19,476 | $323K | |
| 2019 | 19,209 | $385K | |
| 2020 | 15,829 | $319K | |
| 2021 | 18,087 | $365K | |
| 2022 | 18,333 | $460K | |
| 2023 | 17,712 | $527K | |
| 2024incomplete | 16,422 | $436K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 25% | 13,083 | 13,064 | $697K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 15% | 11,269 | 11,250 | $424K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 12% | 3,842 | 3,833 | $325K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 7.3% | 51,932 | 18,796 | $206K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 7.0% | 3,121 | 3,112 | $197K |
| D9430 | 6.8% | 6,050 | 5,836 | $191K | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 6.4% | 8,702 | 8,684 | $181K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 4.2% | 2,095 | 1,256 | $118K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 4.1% | 9,662 | 9,644 | $116K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 3.1% | 1,343 | 1,088 | $88K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.7% | 6,616 | 6,599 | $77K |
| D2751 | Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal | 2.4% | 141 | 108 | $67K |
9 more codes
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.3% | 5,586 | $65K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | <1% | 995 | $27K |
| D2330 | <1% | 182 | $14K | |
| D2140 | <1% | 136 | $7K | |
| D2160 | <1% | 77 | $6K | |
| D2952 | <1% | 29 | $3K | |
| D2940 | <1% | 54 | $3K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 51 | $3K |
| D0270 | <1% | 102 | $480.00 |
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 officialMAHASUCON, THIDA (DENTIST)