Dental
Garcia, Valerie
Garcia, Valerie was paid $35K by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Aug 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is D2150, Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent — 23% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoGARCIA, VALERIE
AGUAS BUENAS, PR 00703
AGUAS BUENAS, PR 00703
33aNPI1417359423assigned 09/22/2014
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$35K
24GClaims1,790
24DCodes billed10
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Puerto Rico
Rank by total paid#187 of 284
Median peer was paid$86K
This provider vs. median0.4×
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 | 902 | $17K | |
| 2019 | 287 | $9K | |
| 2020 | 20 | $500.00 | |
| 2021 | 129 | $2K | |
| 2022 | 294 | $5K | |
| 2023 | 59 | $1K | |
| 2024incomplete | 99 | $2K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 23% | 247 | 124 | $8K |
| D1999 | 21% | 526 | 500 | $7K | |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 19% | 270 | 263 | $7K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 10% | 261 | 249 | $4K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 9.0% | 126 | 126 | $3K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 8.4% | 215 | 206 | $3K |
| D2160 | 4.1% | 35 | 12 | $1K | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 2.6% | 66 | 65 | $905.22 |
| D2140 | 1.4% | 18 | 12 | $494.26 | |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 1.2% | 26 | 26 | $436.80 |
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.