Dental
Mercedes J Herrera, a Dental Corporation
Mercedes J Herrera, a Dental Corporation was paid $1.75M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 23 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 20% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMERCEDES J HERRERA, A DENTAL CORPORATION
INDIO, CA 92201
INDIO, CA 92201
33aNPI1306085246assigned 02/17/2009
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$1.75M
24GClaims79,113
24DCodes billed23
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#352 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median10×
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 | 9,832 | $142K | |
| 2019 | 9,266 | $154K | |
| 2020 | 7,870 | $146K | |
| 2021 | 10,427 | $238K | |
| 2022 | 12,896 | $335K | |
| 2023 | 12,351 | $315K | |
| 2024incomplete | 16,471 | $416K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 20% | 5,845 | 5,797 | $343K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 13% | 5,729 | 5,668 | $227K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 11% | 2,159 | 2,144 | $187K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 8.5% | 2,386 | 2,366 | $149K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 8.3% | 34,061 | 7,473 | $145K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 6.6% | 8,179 | 8,103 | $115K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 5.7% | 3,568 | 959 | $99K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 4.8% | 1,251 | 752 | $83K |
| D2140 | 4.4% | 1,420 | 759 | $77K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.9% | 4,354 | 4,299 | $51K |
| D9430 | 2.9% | 1,578 | 1,324 | $50K | |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.3% | 3,381 | 3,350 | $40K |
11 more codes
| D1310 | 2.1% | 931 | $37K | |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 1.8% | 573 | $32K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 1.5% | 589 | $27K |
| D9993 | 1.5% | 498 | $26K | |
| D1320 | 1.3% | 1,373 | $23K | |
| D2751 | Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal | <1% | 30 | $14K |
| D0601 | <1% | 750 | $10K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 149 | $8K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 22 | $1K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 12 | $185.50 |
| D1999 | <1% | 275 | $66.00 |
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 officialHERRERA, MERCEDES (PRESIDENT/ DENTIST)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mercedes J Herrera DDS Professional Corporation | Indio, CA | $2.93M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.