Dental
Varughese, Elizabeth
Varughese, Elizabeth was paid $250K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2023, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 22% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoVARUGHESE, ELIZABETH
BUENA PARK, CA 90621
BUENA PARK, CA 90621
33aNPI1477663219assigned 08/30/2006
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$250K
24GClaims9,546
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#1,042 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median1.3×
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 | 1,763 | $36K | |
| 2019 | 1,998 | $48K | |
| 2020 | 986 | $19K | |
| 2021 | 1,628 | $42K | |
| 2022 | 1,783 | $63K | |
| 2023 | 1,388 | $42K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 22% | 1,119 | 1,111 | $55K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 22% | 811 | 479 | $54K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 19% | 1,298 | 1,288 | $47K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 11% | 1,366 | 1,354 | $29K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 11% | 304 | 298 | $27K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 5.4% | 1,287 | 1,277 | $13K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 4.9% | 3,061 | 1,162 | $12K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 2.8% | 125 | 122 | $7K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 38 | 38 | $2K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 36 | 12 | $2K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 18 | 16 | $1K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 83 | 82 | $984.00 |
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.