Dental
Vera Arocho, Hiram
Vera Arocho, Hiram was paid $2.67M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 24 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 15% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoVERA AROCHO, HIRAM
AGUADILLA, PR 00603
AGUADILLA, PR 00603
33aNPI1235119751assigned 01/19/2006
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$2.67M
24GClaims129,661
24DCodes billed24
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Puerto Rico
Rank by total paid#1 of 284
Median peer was paid$86K
This provider vs. median31×
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 | 18,509 | $289K | |
| 2019 | 21,650 | $390K | |
| 2020 | 11,949 | $256K | |
| 2021 | 15,548 | $340K | |
| 2022 | 22,484 | $506K | |
| 2023 | 20,277 | $451K | |
| 2024incomplete | 19,244 | $435K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 15% | 15,261 | 14,354 | $406K |
| D1999 | 9.9% | 17,725 | 16,332 | $265K | |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 7.4% | 14,349 | 13,489 | $197K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 6.8% | 6,282 | 5,795 | $181K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 6.3% | 4,467 | 2,801 | $169K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 6.0% | 11,174 | 10,461 | $160K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 5.7% | 3,487 | 2,210 | $153K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.8% | 3,008 | 1,220 | $127K |
| D2140 | 4.8% | 4,050 | 2,220 | $127K | |
| D2335 | 4.7% | 1,960 | 997 | $126K | |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 4.0% | 5,207 | 4,776 | $108K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 3.7% | 7,016 | 941 | $99K |
12 more codes
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 3.6% | 6,810 | $95K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, child | 2.8% | 4,101 | $74K |
| D2160 | 2.4% | 1,413 | $65K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.3% | 8,492 | $61K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.1% | 7,644 | $56K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 1.7% | 2,872 | $46K |
| D2330 | 1.7% | 1,439 | $45K | |
| D2940 | 1.5% | 1,611 | $41K | |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 1.4% | 428 | $38K |
| D2331 | <1% | 688 | $26K | |
| D9995 | <1% | 163 | $2K | |
| D2161 | <1% | 14 | $435.80 |
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.