Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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LA Paz Dental

LA Paz Dental was paid $445K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is D0150, Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient — 20% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoLA PAZ DENTAL
SALINAS, CA 93905
33aNPI1396084174assigned 02/13/2013
33bProvider typeDental Clinic/Center
28Total paid$445K
24GClaims13,217
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Dental Clinic/Center providers in California

Rank by total paid#405 of 1,135
Median peer was paid$200K
This provider vs. median2.2×

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

$0$10K$20K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20182,665$78K
20192,315$89K
20201,441$48K
20211,479$37K
20221,635$54K
20231,641$52K
2024incomplete2,041$87K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 20% 1,528 1,512 $88K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 18% 1,464 1,455 $81K
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images 13% 1,329 1,318 $57K
D2150 Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent 11% 786 406 $47K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 6.6% 385 384 $29K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 5.7% 657 653 $26K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 5.7% 1,424 1,416 $25K
D7210 Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth 5.0% 215 97 $22K
D9430 3.8% 624 605 $17K
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image 3.3% 3,875 1,821 $15K
D2751 Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal 2.1% 20 12 $10K
D3330 Endodontic therapy, molar tooth (excluding final restoration) 1.4% 14 12 $6K
8 more codes
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image 1.4% 534 $6K
D2160 <1% 55 $4K
D2330 <1% 60 $4K
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent <1% 45 $3K
D1351 Sealant - per tooth <1% 94 $2K
D4341 <1% 27 $2K
D4342 <1% 26 $1K
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish <1% 55 $452.00

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 officialVALENCIA, JUAN (OWNER)