Dental
Sakala, Surekha
Sakala, Surekha was paid $1.11M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 22% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSAKALA, SUREKHA
AURORA, IL 60506
AURORA, IL 60506
33aNPI1205825817assigned 10/17/2005
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$1.11M
24GClaims36,302
24DCodes billed21
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#111 of 1,017
Median peer was paid$123K
This provider vs. median9.0×
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 | 5,502 | $197K | |
| 2019 | 6,355 | $209K | |
| 2020 | 5,488 | $158K | |
| 2021 | 6,472 | $178K | |
| 2022 | 5,818 | $165K | |
| 2023 | 4,509 | $141K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,158 | $60K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 22% | 6,140 | 5,793 | $245K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 16% | 6,500 | 6,114 | $176K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 14% | 6,016 | 5,689 | $152K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 11% | 2,063 | 1,181 | $124K |
| D9110 | 7.8% | 1,631 | 1,506 | $86K | |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 7.0% | 1,114 | 871 | $77K |
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 6.7% | 336 | 323 | $74K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 4.5% | 2,923 | 2,739 | $50K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.0% | 3,767 | 3,544 | $23K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 1.5% | 392 | 376 | $17K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.3% | 644 | 613 | $14K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.2% | 182 | 134 | $13K |
9 more codes
| D2140 | 1.2% | 345 | $13K | |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 1.1% | 491 | $12K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 1.1% | 2,811 | $12K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 370 | $6K |
| D2160 | <1% | 44 | $3K | |
| D8999 | <1% | 90 | $3K | |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 334 | $3K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 84 | $2K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 25 | $1K |
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.