Clinic
Ariel Torres DMD INC
Ariel Torres DMD INC was paid $3.30M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 30 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 16% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoARIEL TORRES DMD INC
FRESNO, CA 93721
FRESNO, CA 93721
33aNPI1245637032assigned 11/24/2014
33bProvider typeDental Clinic/Center
28Total paid$3.30M
24GClaims136,583
24DCodes billed30
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dental Clinic/Center providers in California
Rank by total paid#91 of 1,135
Median peer was paid$200K
This provider vs. median17×
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 | 26,082 | $463K | |
| 2019 | 21,852 | $496K | |
| 2020 | 16,287 | $351K | |
| 2021 | 20,990 | $473K | |
| 2022 | 19,871 | $555K | |
| 2023 | 18,260 | $543K | |
| 2024incomplete | 13,241 | $423K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 16% | 10,111 | 9,977 | $543K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 10% | 9,081 | 8,946 | $333K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 9.7% | 3,889 | 3,842 | $320K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 7.4% | 3,702 | 1,887 | $245K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 7.4% | 61,257 | 9,370 | $244K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 5.2% | 2,812 | 2,771 | $173K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 5.2% | 3,836 | 3,782 | $173K |
| D2751 | Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal | 5.2% | 360 | 230 | $170K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 4.7% | 12,922 | 12,705 | $155K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.9% | 6,157 | 6,077 | $128K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 3.6% | 2,131 | 1,168 | $120K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 3.6% | 1,885 | 898 | $120K |
18 more codes
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.4% | 1,436 | $113K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.4% | 2,080 | $112K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 1.9% | 2,438 | $63K |
| D2160 | 1.7% | 767 | $58K | |
| D0350 | 1.6% | 5,465 | $53K | |
| D2140 | 1.3% | 829 | $43K | |
| D2952 | <1% | 299 | $30K | |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 2,169 | $25K |
| D9430 | <1% | 712 | $22K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 1,477 | $17K |
| D1310 | <1% | 264 | $11K | |
| D2931 | <1% | 85 | $11K | |
| D2330 | <1% | 133 | $10K | |
| D9993 | <1% | 206 | $9K | |
| D2394 | <1% | 18 | $2K | |
| D4910 | <1% | 12 | $924.00 | |
| D0601 | <1% | 25 | $360.00 | |
| D0603 | <1% | 25 | $345.00 |
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 officialTORRES, ARIEL (DENTIST/OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Friendly Hands Health,inc | Miami, FL | $4.39M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.