Dental
Ghaffari, Forouzan
Ghaffari, Forouzan was paid $167K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Apr 2022, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 22% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoGHAFFARI, FOROUZAN
WEST CALDWELL, NJ 07006
WEST CALDWELL, NJ 07006
33aNPI1558586081assigned 04/17/2007
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$167K
24GClaims6,843
24DCodes billed17
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Apr 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in New Jersey
Rank by total paid#172 of 674
Median peer was paid$27K
This provider vs. median6.2×
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 | 3,472 | $87K | |
| 2019 | 3,033 | $70K | |
| 2020 | 85 | $3K | |
| 2022 | 253 | $7K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 22% | 819 | 819 | $37K |
| D9920 | 13% | 889 | 734 | $22K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 12% | 452 | 400 | $20K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.0% | 532 | 531 | $13K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 7.2% | 173 | 98 | $12K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 6.9% | 462 | 462 | $12K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 6.5% | 436 | 435 | $11K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 6.4% | 340 | 340 | $11K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 5.7% | 213 | 213 | $10K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.9% | 410 | 410 | $5K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.7% | 918 | 871 | $5K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 2.2% | 182 | 24 | $4K |
5 more codes
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 1.4% | 732 | $2K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 27 | $1K |
| D0601 | <1% | 123 | $1K | |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 123 | $1K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 12 | $540.00 |
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.