Dental
Thomas H Vu DMD INC
Thomas H Vu DMD INC was paid $708K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2022, across 16 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 24% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTHOMAS H VU DMD INC
KERMAN, CA 93630
KERMAN, CA 93630
33aNPI1265692446assigned 06/11/2008
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$708K
24GClaims31,013
24DCodes billed16
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#720 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median4.1×
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 | 7,778 | $171K | |
| 2019 | 7,767 | $183K | |
| 2020 | 5,840 | $123K | |
| 2021 | 6,236 | $125K | |
| 2022 | 3,392 | $106K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 24% | 3,640 | 3,639 | $173K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 23% | 2,413 | 1,312 | $161K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 18% | 3,986 | 3,980 | $128K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 7.0% | 1,289 | 1,168 | $50K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 6.6% | 2,212 | 2,211 | $46K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 5.8% | 10,594 | 3,813 | $41K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 5.5% | 3,961 | 3,953 | $39K |
| D2160 | 2.4% | 218 | 172 | $17K | |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.1% | 1,277 | 1,273 | $15K |
| D2140 | 1.7% | 219 | 153 | $12K | |
| D0350 | 1.2% | 804 | 537 | $8K | |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 118 | 117 | $6K |
4 more codes
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 officialVU, THOMAS (PRESIDENT)