Dental
Manuel Palau DDS INC
Manuel Palau DDS INC was paid $1.57M by Medicaid between Apr 2018 and Dec 2024, across 25 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 13% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMANUEL PALAU DDS INC
DELANO, CA 93215
DELANO, CA 93215
33aNPI1497297956assigned 11/15/2016
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$1.57M
24GClaims67,893
24DCodes billed25
24AFirst – last monthApr 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#348 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median8.5×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6,649 | $161K | |
| 2019 | 9,215 | $175K | |
| 2020 | 6,159 | $98K | |
| 2021 | 12,143 | $256K | |
| 2022 | 12,402 | $315K | |
| 2023 | 10,323 | $265K | |
| 2024incomplete | 11,002 | $297K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 13% | 3,228 | 3,212 | $204K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 10.0% | 3,956 | 3,947 | $156K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 9.5% | 2,247 | 1,236 | $149K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 9.0% | 2,216 | 2,206 | $140K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 7.6% | 1,775 | 1,037 | $119K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 7.2% | 27,801 | 4,647 | $112K |
| D0350 | 5.9% | 9,633 | 3,482 | $92K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 5.9% | 1,700 | 928 | $92K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 5.6% | 1,107 | 716 | $87K |
| D2140 | 4.5% | 1,302 | 746 | $71K | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.8% | 2,763 | 2,750 | $59K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 3.3% | 4,163 | 4,148 | $51K |
13 more codes
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 3.1% | 1,022 | $48K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 2.9% | 539 | $45K |
| D9430 | 2.1% | 1,009 | $32K | |
| D2160 | 1.8% | 364 | $29K | |
| D2330 | 1.6% | 335 | $26K | |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 1.3% | 888 | $21K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 1,134 | $13K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 215 | $12K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 380 | $5K |
| D2394 | <1% | 28 | $2K | |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | <1% | 57 | $860.00 |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 17 | $510.00 |
| D1320 | <1% | 14 | $45.00 |
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 officialPALAU, MANUEL (DENTIST)