Dental
Cheng and Tzeng Dental INC
Cheng and Tzeng Dental INC was paid $35K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2024, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 29% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHENG AND TZENG DENTAL INC
LOS ALAMITOS, CA 90720
LOS ALAMITOS, CA 90720
33aNPI1609296482assigned 04/21/2014
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$35K
24GClaims1,387
24DCodes billed9
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#1,894 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median0.2×
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 | 425 | $10K | |
| 2019 | 208 | $5K | |
| 2020 | 211 | $6K | |
| 2021 | 144 | $2K | |
| 2022 | 159 | $5K | |
| 2023 | 81 | $1K | |
| 2024incomplete | 159 | $6K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 29% | 133 | 133 | $10K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 18% | 537 | 535 | $6K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 18% | 455 | 418 | $6K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 17% | 108 | 108 | $6K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.6% | 65 | 65 | $3K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 6.8% | 52 | 51 | $2K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 1.1% | 13 | 13 | $390.00 |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 12 | 12 | $259.20 |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 12 | 12 | $144.00 |
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 officialCHENG, MELISSA (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Melissa Cheng DDS, INC. | Orange, CA | $752K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.