Dental
Tafaro, Stephen
Tafaro, Stephen was paid $721K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Apr 2021, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 23% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTAFARO, STEPHEN
FLEMINGTON, NJ 08822
FLEMINGTON, NJ 08822
33aNPI1194713818assigned 10/06/2005
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$721K
24GClaims27,829
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Apr 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in New Jersey
Rank by total paid#60 of 190
Median peer was paid$275K
This provider vs. median2.6×
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
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 | 8,882 | $231K | |
| 2019 | 9,690 | $253K | |
| 2020 | 8,080 | $208K | |
| 2021 | 1,177 | $29K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 23% | 3,221 | 1,469 | $167K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 20% | 4,464 | 4,464 | $145K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 17% | 4,895 | 4,895 | $122K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 8.5% | 4,477 | 4,477 | $61K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 5.9% | 2,299 | 1,978 | $43K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 3.9% | 267 | 178 | $28K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.8% | 461 | 348 | $27K |
| D0603 | 3.5% | 2,511 | 2,511 | $25K | |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 2.6% | 704 | 704 | $19K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.2% | 1,801 | 1,801 | $16K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 2.1% | 305 | 191 | $15K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 1.9% | 495 | 491 | $14K |
8 more codes
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 1.5% | 560 | $11K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 177 | $6K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 112 | $5K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 268 | $5K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 194 | $5K |
| D9920 | <1% | 154 | $3K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 52 | $2K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 412 | $2K |
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.