Dental
Athena Vu DDS PLLC.
Athena Vu DDS PLLC. was paid $344K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2018, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is D2393, Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 25% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoATHENA VU DDS PLLC.
ALBEMARLE, NC 28001
ALBEMARLE, NC 28001
33aNPI1508248279assigned 06/18/2015
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$344K
24GClaims10,424
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2018
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#156 of 402
Median peer was paid$154K
This provider vs. median2.2×
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 | 10,424 | $344K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 25% | 976 | 318 | $86K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 13% | 723 | 270 | $46K |
| D2394 | 11% | 400 | 165 | $38K | |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 8.3% | 575 | 162 | $28K |
| D2335 | 6.9% | 338 | 115 | $24K | |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 4.8% | 742 | 491 | $17K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 4.3% | 699 | 482 | $15K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.7% | 189 | 84 | $13K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.4% | 716 | 473 | $12K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 3.2% | 358 | 246 | $11K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 3.1% | 1,625 | 618 | $11K |
| D2332 | 3.0% | 246 | 77 | $10K |
7 more codes
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patient | 2.7% | 621 | $9K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.5% | 1,054 | $9K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 1.6% | 593 | $6K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, child | 1.6% | 370 | $6K |
| D2331 | <1% | 58 | $2K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 74 | $2K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 67 | $844.32 |
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 officialVU, ATHENA (DENTIST/OWNER)