Clinic
Maria Lucia Cruz, D.D.S., INC.
Maria Lucia Cruz, D.D.S., INC. was paid $89K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Mar 2020, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is D0150, Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient — 23% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMARIA LUCIA CRUZ, D.D.S., INC.
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91601
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91601
33aNPI1518309707assigned 07/29/2013
33bProvider typeDental Clinic/Center
28Total paid$89K
24GClaims2,310
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Mar 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Dental Clinic/Center providers in California
Rank by total paid#703 of 1,135
Median peer was paid$200K
This provider vs. median0.4×
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 | 1,034 | $37K | |
| 2019 | 935 | $30K | |
| 2020 | 341 | $22K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 23% | 341 | 341 | $21K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 22% | 261 | 261 | $19K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 17% | 230 | 96 | $15K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 12% | 235 | 235 | $11K |
| D3330 | Endodontic therapy, molar tooth (excluding final restoration) | 6.2% | 12 | 12 | $6K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 5.6% | 119 | 119 | $5K |
| D0350 | 4.5% | 441 | 171 | $4K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.3% | 38 | 12 | $2K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.1% | 478 | 139 | $2K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.0% | 85 | 85 | $2K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 1.8% | 55 | 55 | $2K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.3% | 15 | 12 | $1K |
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 officialCRUZ, MARIA LUCIA (PRESIDENT)