Dental
DR. Serena G. Pugeda, DMD
DR. Serena G. Pugeda, DMD was paid $340K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 21% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDR. SERENA G. PUGEDA, DMD
ELK GROVE, CA 95758
ELK GROVE, CA 95758
33aNPI1477799609assigned 12/17/2008
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$340K
24GClaims13,214
24DCodes billed15
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#923 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median1.8×
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 | 932 | $10K | |
| 2019 | 847 | $9K | |
| 2020 | 198 | $5K | |
| 2021 | 779 | $15K | |
| 2022 | 1,943 | $52K | |
| 2023 | 3,694 | $111K | |
| 2024incomplete | 4,821 | $139K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 21% | 956 | 954 | $72K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 17% | 1,629 | 1,620 | $58K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 17% | 961 | 959 | $58K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 9.4% | 783 | 779 | $32K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 9.2% | 740 | 739 | $31K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 7.4% | 985 | 979 | $25K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 6.1% | 2,180 | 2,161 | $21K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 4.9% | 1,156 | 1,150 | $17K |
| D9430 | 2.9% | 356 | 349 | $10K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.6% | 2,432 | 1,513 | $9K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 1.6% | 299 | 299 | $6K |
| D9999 | Unspecified adjunctive procedure, by report | <1% | 12 | 12 | $2K |
3 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 officialPUGEDA, SERENA (OWNER DENTIST.)