Dental
Rafael Rivera, JR, DDS, PLLC
Rafael Rivera, JR, DDS, PLLC was paid $14.82M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 32 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 13% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoRAFAEL RIVERA, JR, DDS, PLLC
CHARLOTTE, NC 28213
CHARLOTTE, NC 28213
33aNPI1194994004assigned 02/25/2008
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$14.82M
24GClaims483,789
24DCodes billed32
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#5 of 402
Median peer was paid$154K
This provider vs. median96×
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 | 88,206 | $2.44M | |
| 2019 | 82,994 | $2.47M | |
| 2020 | 52,606 | $1.64M | |
| 2021 | 64,791 | $2.08M | |
| 2022 | 67,515 | $2.11M | |
| 2023 | 62,234 | $2.02M | |
| 2024incomplete | 65,443 | $2.06M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 13% | 73,852 | 72,398 | $1.92M |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 11% | 11,283 | 6,708 | $1.64M |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 10% | 56,397 | 54,964 | $1.53M |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 9.9% | 53,169 | 14,866 | $1.47M |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 7.7% | 69,766 | 67,927 | $1.14M |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 7.3% | 28,295 | 27,680 | $1.08M |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 6.6% | 22,075 | 20,469 | $984K |
| D2140 | 5.2% | 10,476 | 7,036 | $768K | |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 4.2% | 6,674 | 4,483 | $629K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 4.0% | 11,468 | 11,137 | $586K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 3.8% | 37,161 | 36,308 | $559K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.4% | 15,908 | 15,520 | $503K |
20 more codes
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.9% | 23,177 | $424K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 2.0% | 6,900 | $299K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 1.5% | 14,419 | $226K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 1.5% | 3,456 | $221K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 1.2% | 2,151 | $176K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 1.0% | 12,272 | $149K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 1,062 | $115K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 5,106 | $101K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 2,670 | $100K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 986 | $79K |
| D2160 | <1% | 571 | $63K | |
| D7111 | <1% | 638 | $33K | |
| D2331 | <1% | 85 | $7K | |
| D2330 | <1% | 104 | $7K | |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 31 | $4K |
| D0350 | <1% | 13,404 | $3K | |
| D2950 | <1% | 16 | $2K | |
| D1354 | <1% | 41 | $308.00 | |
| D0270 | <1% | 14 | $47.48 | |
| D1999 | 0% | 162 | $0.00 |
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 officialSHIROMA, MAUREEN (DIRECTOR OF OFFICE MANAGERS)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Rafael Rivera, JR., DDS, PLLC | Winston Salem, NC | $22.17M |
| Rafael Rivera, JR., DDS, PLLC | Raleigh, NC | $19.23M |
| Rafael Rivera, JR., DDS, PLLC | Greensboro, NC | $17.81M |
| Rafael Rivera, JR., DDS, PLLC | Asheville, NC | $16.43M |
| Rafael Rivera, JR., DDS, PLLC | Fayetteville, NC | $14.29M |
| Rafael Rivera, JR., DDS, PLLC | Charlotte, NC | $13.98M |
| Rafael Rivera, JR, DDS, PLLC | Hickory, NC | $8.80M |
| Rafael Rivera, JR, DDS, PLLC | Wilmington, NC | $8.63M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.