Dental
Dchu, Rtruong, DDS & Associates, P.A.
Dchu, Rtruong, DDS & Associates, P.A. was paid $981K by Medicaid between Nov 2020 and Apr 2024, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 25% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDCHU, RTRUONG, DDS & ASSOCIATES, P.A.
HOUSTON, TX 77036
HOUSTON, TX 77036
33aNPI1629092382assigned 07/26/2006
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$981K
24GClaims36,311
24DCodes billed14
24AFirst – last monthNov 2020 – Apr 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#332 of 2,774
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median23×
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 | 1,265 | $28K | |
| 2021 | 10,422 | $225K | |
| 2022 | 10,969 | $314K | |
| 2023 | 10,856 | $330K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,799 | $84K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 25% | 2,548 | 750 | $246K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 14% | 979 | 968 | $137K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 12% | 10,249 | 3,515 | $114K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 10% | 3,586 | 3,523 | $101K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 10% | 2,767 | 2,720 | $100K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 9.6% | 1,305 | 533 | $94K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 5.7% | 3,906 | 3,841 | $56K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 4.8% | 3,873 | 3,801 | $47K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 3.9% | 1,677 | 1,659 | $39K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 3.0% | 550 | 538 | $29K |
| D2332 | 1.7% | 137 | 58 | $17K | |
| D0602 | <1% | 4,339 | 4,276 | $0.02 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rtruong, Dchu, DDS & Associates, P.A. | Houston, TX | $532K |
| Chu Truong DDS & Associates , PLLC | Houston, TX | $337K |
| D.Chu, DDS and Associates, PLLC | Pasadena, TX | $55K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.