Dental
Michael J Lugtu Ddsinc.
Michael J Lugtu Ddsinc. was paid $928K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 15% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMICHAEL J LUGTU DDSINC.
PARAMOUNT, CA 90723
PARAMOUNT, CA 90723
33aNPI1447390711assigned 02/07/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$928K
24GClaims35,548
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#606 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median5.4×
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 | 9,228 | $220K | |
| 2019 | 8,463 | $214K | |
| 2020 | 4,382 | $91K | |
| 2021 | 5,057 | $113K | |
| 2023 | 2,343 | $73K | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,075 | $217K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 15% | 3,221 | 3,216 | $141K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 13% | 1,845 | 871 | $121K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 12% | 3,457 | 3,454 | $112K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 10% | 1,579 | 1,579 | $96K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 9.7% | 1,116 | 1,115 | $90K |
| D2140 | 7.9% | 1,379 | 618 | $74K | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 5.7% | 4,815 | 4,809 | $53K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 5.5% | 1,116 | 1,114 | $51K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 5.2% | 1,964 | 443 | $48K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 4.7% | 9,222 | 3,570 | $44K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 3.4% | 2,724 | 2,721 | $32K |
| D4341 | 2.6% | 362 | 95 | $24K |
7 more codes
| D0350 | 2.3% | 2,201 | $21K | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 293 | $6K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | <1% | 43 | $5K |
| D2160 | <1% | 50 | $4K | |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 61 | $4K |
| D2330 | <1% | 25 | $2K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 75 | $840.00 |
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 officialLUGTU, MICHAEL (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Michael J Lugtu DDS INC. | El Monte, CA | $697K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.