Dental
Luis Arturo Alvarado DDS INC
Luis Arturo Alvarado DDS INC was paid $773K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 16% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLUIS ARTURO ALVARADO DDS INC
BALDWIN PARK, CA 91706
BALDWIN PARK, CA 91706
33aNPI1447307681assigned 01/03/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$773K
24GClaims29,284
24DCodes billed17
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#683 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median4.5×
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 | 4,269 | $100K | |
| 2019 | 3,737 | $97K | |
| 2020 | 3,567 | $96K | |
| 2021 | 4,064 | $107K | |
| 2022 | 3,640 | $106K | |
| 2023 | 4,899 | $133K | |
| 2024incomplete | 5,108 | $135K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 16% | 2,294 | 2,283 | $122K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 14% | 1,283 | 1,273 | $108K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 12% | 1,418 | 1,016 | $94K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 12% | 1,731 | 1,065 | $93K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 11% | 1,343 | 1,334 | $84K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 8.5% | 1,789 | 1,785 | $66K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 7.3% | 2,721 | 2,706 | $56K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 6.4% | 11,996 | 4,179 | $49K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 3.6% | 2,509 | 2,499 | $28K |
| D9430 | 3.4% | 835 | 810 | $26K | |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 3.0% | 403 | 236 | $23K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 1.2% | 554 | 553 | $9K |
5 more codes
| D2751 | Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal | <1% | 14 | $7K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 75 | $4K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 262 | $3K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 29 | $2K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 28 | $324.00 |
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 officialALVARADO, LUIS (DENTIST)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Luis M Alvarado | Franklinton, LA | $103K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.