Dental
Chona Pua,dds, INC.
Chona Pua,dds, INC. was paid $230K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Mar 2021, across 13 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 27% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHONA PUA,DDS, INC.
SALINAS, CA 93901
SALINAS, CA 93901
33aNPI1396958997assigned 05/08/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$230K
24GClaims12,236
24DCodes billed13
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Mar 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#1,232 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median1.3×
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 | 3,768 | $60K | |
| 2019 | 5,463 | $120K | |
| 2020 | 2,391 | $40K | |
| 2021 | 614 | $10K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 27% | 1,606 | 1,591 | $61K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 25% | 2,017 | 1,995 | $57K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 16% | 596 | 301 | $38K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 8.1% | 945 | 932 | $19K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 7.3% | 4,353 | 1,719 | $17K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 6.8% | 1,988 | 1,966 | $16K |
| D2160 | 3.0% | 90 | 50 | $7K | |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 2.5% | 96 | 95 | $6K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 1.6% | 83 | 82 | $4K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.2% | 255 | 251 | $3K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 163 | 163 | $2K |
| D2140 | <1% | 32 | 26 | $2K |
1 more codes
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | <1% | 12 | $440.00 |
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 officialPUA, CHONA (PRESIDENT)