Agency
Mercedes J Herrera DDS Professional Corporation
Mercedes J Herrera DDS Professional Corporation was paid $2.93M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 26 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMERCEDES J HERRERA DDS PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
INDIO, CA 92201
INDIO, CA 92201
33aNPI1366538159assigned 10/05/2006
33bProvider typePublic Health or Welfare Agency
28Total paid$2.93M
24GClaims132,874
24DCodes billed26
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Public Health or Welfare Agency providers in California
Rank by total paid#11 of 50
Median peer was paid$311K
This provider vs. median9.4×
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 | 24,779 | $453K | |
| 2019 | 23,119 | $461K | |
| 2020 | 12,817 | $250K | |
| 2021 | 16,830 | $371K | |
| 2022 | 21,422 | $536K | |
| 2023 | 19,073 | $487K | |
| 2024incomplete | 14,834 | $374K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 18% | 9,469 | 9,420 | $524K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 12% | 9,377 | 9,301 | $355K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 9.4% | 3,239 | 3,212 | $277K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 8.7% | 9,687 | 2,777 | $254K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 8.1% | 57,252 | 11,629 | $239K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 7.4% | 3,249 | 1,963 | $217K |
| D2140 | 6.8% | 3,692 | 1,927 | $200K | |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 6.7% | 3,270 | 3,252 | $198K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 5.5% | 2,821 | 1,803 | $161K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 4.8% | 10,825 | 10,743 | $140K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.5% | 6,127 | 6,049 | $72K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.3% | 5,774 | 5,721 | $68K |
14 more codes
| D1310 | 1.5% | 1,049 | $43K | |
| D9993 | 1.1% | 937 | $31K | |
| D2160 | 1.0% | 375 | $30K | |
| D9430 | <1% | 874 | $28K | |
| D1320 | <1% | 1,592 | $27K | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 1,782 | $25K |
| D2751 | Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal | <1% | 33 | $16K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 288 | $14K |
| D0601 | <1% | 687 | $9K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 62 | $3K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 24 | $2K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 13 | $1K |
| D0603 | <1% | 15 | $165.00 | |
| D1999 | <1% | 361 | $30.00 |
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)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mercedes J Herrera, a Dental Corporation | Indio, CA | $1.75M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.