Dental
Dierna, George
Dierna, George was paid $1.64M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 21% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDIERNA, GEORGE
LAKEWOOD, NJ 08701
LAKEWOOD, NJ 08701
33aNPI1598727455assigned 04/05/2006
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$1.64M
24GClaims47,043
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in New Jersey
Rank by total paid#36 of 190
Median peer was paid$275K
This provider vs. median6.0×
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 | 10,848 | $385K | |
| 2019 | 9,588 | $344K | |
| 2020 | 5,103 | $183K | |
| 2021 | 4,903 | $168K | |
| 2022 | 4,771 | $159K | |
| 2023 | 5,736 | $190K | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,094 | $214K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 21% | 7,583 | 7,561 | $344K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 20% | 7,932 | 7,911 | $331K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 13% | 2,223 | 1,011 | $211K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 9.5% | 5,445 | 5,426 | $155K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 7.0% | 2,784 | 443 | $114K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 6.8% | 4,234 | 4,229 | $111K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 6.6% | 3,450 | 3,433 | $109K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 3.4% | 2,323 | 2,176 | $56K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.8% | 542 | 406 | $47K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.2% | 1,206 | 1,203 | $36K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 2.1% | 646 | 646 | $34K |
| D0603 | 1.8% | 3,565 | 3,529 | $30K |
7 more codes
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.3% | 1,739 | $21K |
| D0602 | 1.1% | 2,140 | $19K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 973 | $10K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 181 | $7K |
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | <1% | 46 | $3K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | <1% | 15 | $2K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 16 | $2K |
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.