Dental
D.Chu, DDS and Associates, PLLC
D.Chu, DDS and Associates, PLLC was paid $55K by Medicaid between Dec 2020 and Sep 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 23% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoD.CHU, DDS AND ASSOCIATES, PLLC
PASADENA, TX 77506
PASADENA, TX 77506
33aNPI1538412937assigned 10/23/2012
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$55K
24GClaims2,983
24DCodes billed10
24AFirst – last monthDec 2020 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#1,304 of 2,774
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median1.3×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 169 | $3K | |
| 2021 | 1,093 | $19K | |
| 2022 | 766 | $13K | |
| 2023 | 764 | $17K | |
| 2024incomplete | 191 | $3K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 23% | 351 | 348 | $13K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 21% | 408 | 404 | $12K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 17% | 798 | 404 | $9K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 15% | 552 | 547 | $8K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 9.7% | 428 | 422 | $5K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 8.8% | 47 | 13 | $5K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 5.6% | 133 | 132 | $3K |
| D0601 | <1% | 173 | 172 | $0.01 | |
| D0602 | 0% | 43 | 43 | $0.00 | |
| D0603 | 0% | 50 | 50 | $0.00 |
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 officialCHU, DARLENE (MANAGER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dchu, Rtruong, DDS & Associates, P.A. | Houston, TX | $981K |
| Rtruong, Dchu, DDS & Associates, P.A. | Houston, TX | $532K |
| Chu Truong DDS & Associates , PLLC | Houston, TX | $337K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.