Vela, Kaci

Vela, Kaci was paid $163K by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Mar 2019, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is D8080, Comprehensive orthodontic treatment of the adolescent dentition — 99% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoVELA, KACI
WATERLOO, IA 50703

33aNPI1477790202assigned 01/15/2009

33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry

28Total paid$163K

24GClaims103

24DCodes billed3

24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Mar 2019

Compared with peers

Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Iowa

Rank by total paid#73 of 437

Median peer was paid$22K

This provider vs. median7.4×

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	68	$122K
2019	35	$42K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D8080	Comprehensive orthodontic treatment of the adolescent dentition	99%	65	54	$162K
D0470		<1%	24	24	$823.86
D0330	Panoramic radiographic image	<1%	14	14	$552.60

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.