Dental
L Cuestas Dental Corporation
L Cuestas Dental Corporation was paid $952K by Medicaid between Dec 2019 and Dec 2024, across 23 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 19% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoL CUESTAS DENTAL CORPORATION
PALM DESERT, CA 92260
PALM DESERT, CA 92260
33aNPI1477100022assigned 08/19/2019
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$952K
24GClaims23,246
24DCodes billed23
24AFirst – last monthDec 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#589 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median5.5×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 28 | $1K | |
| 2020 | 2,761 | $131K | |
| 2021 | 4,281 | $190K | |
| 2022 | 3,859 | $133K | |
| 2023 | 5,707 | $223K | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,610 | $274K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 19% | 2,084 | 2,078 | $177K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 16% | 2,360 | 2,349 | $155K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 11% | 2,177 | 2,169 | $102K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 9.5% | 786 | 281 | $90K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 6.7% | 1,184 | 413 | $63K |
| D9430 | 5.2% | 1,570 | 1,374 | $50K | |
| D0350 | 5.0% | 5,386 | 1,522 | $48K | |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.9% | 704 | 373 | $47K |
| D4341 | 4.7% | 643 | 175 | $45K | |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 4.0% | 498 | 496 | $38K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 3.5% | 2,390 | 2,380 | $33K |
| D4910 | 2.9% | 366 | 361 | $27K |
11 more codes
| D2740 | Crown - porcelain/ceramic | 2.6% | 53 | $25K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, child | 2.0% | 453 | $19K |
| D2954 | 1.4% | 125 | $13K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 1,892 | $8K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 296 | $4K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 100 | $2K |
| D2330 | <1% | 24 | $2K | |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 18 | $1K |
| D1320 | <1% | 49 | $815.00 | |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 56 | $672.00 |
| D1310 | 0% | 32 | $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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialCUESTAS, LUZ (OWNER/CEO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| All Star Dental Care P.C. | Hempstead, NY | $1K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.