Valdez, Esmael

Valdez, Esmael was paid $36K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jan 2020, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is D0274, Bitewings - four radiographic images — 23% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoVALDEZ, ESMAEL
SANTA FE, NM 87505

33aNPI1366427791assigned 12/08/2005

33bProvider typeDentist

28Total paid$36K

24GClaims1,277

24DCodes billed8

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jan 2020

Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in New Mexico

Rank by total paid#95 of 179

Median peer was paid$47K

This provider vs. median0.8×

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	1,214	$35K
2019	25	$446.23
2020	38	$1K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D0274	Bitewings - four radiographic images	23%	292	292	$8K
D1120	Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child	20%	237	237	$7K
D1208	Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish	20%	416	416	$7K
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	16%	138	138	$6K
D2392	Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent	9.5%	48	27	$3K
D0150	Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient	8.1%	87	87	$3K
D0120	Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient	2.4%	44	44	$880.24
D0220	Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image	<1%	15	15	$165.86

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.