Dental
Melissa Cheng DDS, INC.
Melissa Cheng DDS, INC. was paid $752K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 24% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMELISSA CHENG DDS, INC.
ORANGE, CA 92868
ORANGE, CA 92868
33aNPI1457401390assigned 01/11/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$752K
24GClaims27,705
24DCodes billed18
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#696 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median4.4×
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 | 5,660 | $131K | |
| 2019 | 4,654 | $122K | |
| 2020 | 2,609 | $70K | |
| 2021 | 3,430 | $84K | |
| 2022 | 3,716 | $106K | |
| 2023 | 3,995 | $127K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,641 | $112K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 24% | 2,154 | 2,144 | $182K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 20% | 2,830 | 2,820 | $154K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 8.5% | 1,066 | 1,060 | $64K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 7.3% | 9,985 | 3,738 | $55K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 7.2% | 806 | 523 | $54K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 7.1% | 1,412 | 1,411 | $53K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 6.7% | 2,361 | 2,352 | $50K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 6.3% | 3,701 | 3,687 | $47K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 5.0% | 807 | 806 | $37K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.2% | 1,409 | 1,354 | $17K |
| D9430 | 1.5% | 352 | 328 | $11K | |
| D4910 | 1.5% | 145 | 145 | $11K |
6 more codes
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 officialCHENG, MELISSA (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Cheng and Tzeng Dental INC | Los Alamitos, CA | $35K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.