Dental
Elsa Wendy Hernandez, DDS, INC
Elsa Wendy Hernandez, DDS, INC was paid $10.53M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 48 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 11% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoELSA WENDY HERNANDEZ, DDS, INC
LOS ANGELES, CA 90059
LOS ANGELES, CA 90059
33aNPI1437580644assigned 12/13/2013
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$10.53M
24GClaims369,524
24DCodes billed48
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#43 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median57×
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 | 56,812 | $1.26M | |
| 2019 | 50,912 | $1.28M | |
| 2020 | 40,623 | $966K | |
| 2021 | 46,010 | $1.21M | |
| 2022 | 58,740 | $1.73M | |
| 2023 | 61,516 | $2.11M | |
| 2024incomplete | 54,911 | $1.97M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 11% | 18,929 | 18,908 | $1.13M |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 7.7% | 20,927 | 20,875 | $807K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 7.0% | 8,797 | 8,779 | $734K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 6.1% | 22,480 | 5,751 | $644K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 5.8% | 10,043 | 10,011 | $615K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 5.2% | 136,245 | 27,442 | $550K |
| D2751 | Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal | 4.5% | 989 | 804 | $470K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 4.3% | 7,904 | 4,121 | $449K |
| D4341 | 3.8% | 5,728 | 1,607 | $396K | |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 3.4% | 5,363 | 3,421 | $356K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 3.2% | 7,320 | 7,297 | $338K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 2.8% | 24,237 | 24,194 | $294K |
36 more codes
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 2.8% | 2,496 | $291K |
| D2140 | 2.4% | 4,763 | $257K | |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 2.4% | 2,548 | $252K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.1% | 10,594 | $225K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 2.1% | 5,710 | $224K |
| D1310 | 2.1% | 4,889 | $222K | |
| D4910 | 1.9% | 2,610 | $200K | |
| D3330 | Endodontic therapy, molar tooth (excluding final restoration) | 1.7% | 388 | $180K |
| D9430 | 1.7% | 5,728 | $179K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.6% | 14,124 | $166K |
| D2330 | 1.5% | 2,142 | $161K | |
| D9993 | 1.4% | 2,281 | $144K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.2% | 2,345 | $126K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 1.2% | 2,043 | $121K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 1.1% | 1,015 | $118K |
| D3320 | 1.1% | 319 | $116K | |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 1.1% | 5,532 | $113K |
| D1320 | <1% | 6,879 | $104K | |
| D0350 | <1% | 9,113 | $92K | |
| D4342 | <1% | 1,910 | $80K | |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 4,887 | $57K |
| D2931 | <1% | 411 | $51K | |
| D2952 | <1% | 396 | $41K | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 1,319 | $38K |
| D0601 | <1% | 2,541 | $38K | |
| D2954 | <1% | 317 | $33K | |
| D2331 | <1% | 326 | $26K | |
| D0603 | <1% | 1,275 | $19K | |
| D2160 | <1% | 212 | $17K | |
| D1354 | <1% | 445 | $15K | |
| D5211 | <1% | 40 | $14K | |
| D0602 | <1% | 843 | $13K | |
| D3310 | <1% | 32 | $10K | |
| D1510 | <1% | 37 | $4K | |
| D7230 | <1% | 22 | $4K | |
| D0270 | <1% | 30 | $100.00 |
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 officialHERNANDEZ, ELSA (DENTIST/OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| E.Wendy Hernandez, DDS, INC | Compton, CA | $4.64M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.