Dental
OIG excluded
Cho, Tina
Cho, Tina was paid $3.00M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 25 billing codes. Its largest line is D2751, Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal — 26% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHO, TINA
RIVERSIDE, CA 92504
RIVERSIDE, CA 92504
33aNPI1255405064assigned 11/20/2006
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$3.00M
24GClaims49,154
24DCodes billed25
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#175 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median16×
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
OIG exclusionListed on the federal exclusion list (01/20/2026).
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 | 7,622 | $222K | |
| 2019 | 5,427 | $206K | |
| 2020 | 2,878 | $124K | |
| 2021 | 7,230 | $344K | |
| 2022 | 7,233 | $428K | |
| 2023 | 8,406 | $743K | |
| 2024incomplete | 10,358 | $933K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2751 | Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal | 26% | 1,625 | 1,077 | $770K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 11% | 5,182 | 2,797 | $343K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.4% | 3,957 | 3,929 | $251K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 7.4% | 3,575 | 3,542 | $221K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 6.8% | 2,387 | 2,357 | $204K |
| D3330 | Endodontic therapy, molar tooth (excluding final restoration) | 5.6% | 360 | 322 | $167K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 4.7% | 3,665 | 3,628 | $141K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 4.5% | 1,140 | 599 | $134K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 4.3% | 6,518 | 6,146 | $129K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.1% | 1,170 | 774 | $93K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.0% | 1,696 | 1,023 | $91K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 3.0% | 1,940 | 1,917 | $91K |
13 more codes
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 2.9% | 6,941 | $88K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.6% | 3,713 | $78K |
| D4341 | 2.0% | 859 | $60K | |
| D3320 | 1.6% | 129 | $47K | |
| D4910 | <1% | 270 | $21K | |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | <1% | 912 | $19K |
| D0350 | <1% | 1,447 | $19K | |
| D9430 | <1% | 535 | $17K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 524 | $6K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 531 | $6K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 32 | $2K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | <1% | 27 | $2K |
| D2330 | <1% | 19 | $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.