Dental
Cantu, Norberto
Cantu, Norberto was paid $1.34M by Medicaid between Nov 2020 and Nov 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 15% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCANTU, NORBERTO
RIO GRANDE CITY, TX 78582
RIO GRANDE CITY, TX 78582
33aNPI1457495657assigned 02/19/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$1.34M
24GClaims42,243
24DCodes billed21
24AFirst – last monthNov 2020 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#256 of 2,774
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median31×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1,363 | $40K | |
| 2021 | 18,249 | $560K | |
| 2022 | 9,294 | $309K | |
| 2023 | 8,427 | $263K | |
| 2024incomplete | 4,910 | $164K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 15% | 2,167 | 1,157 | $204K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 12% | 1,179 | 1,144 | $155K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 11% | 5,640 | 5,464 | $153K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 10% | 2,709 | 2,623 | $136K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 9.7% | 5,104 | 889 | $130K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 8.4% | 3,319 | 3,215 | $112K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 7.3% | 1,287 | 742 | $98K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 6.6% | 3,943 | 3,830 | $88K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 6.2% | 5,992 | 5,805 | $83K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.8% | 620 | 454 | $65K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 3.0% | 629 | 608 | $40K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.5% | 631 | 609 | $21K |
9 more codes
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 1.2% | 608 | $16K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 338 | $11K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 138 | $8K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | <1% | 69 | $5K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 279 | $5K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 38 | $3K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | <1% | 17 | $2K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 152 | $2K |
| D0602 | 0% | 7,384 | $0.00 |
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.