Dental
DR Ricardo Rivera and DR Cruz DDS INC
DR Ricardo Rivera and DR Cruz DDS INC was paid $293K by Medicaid between Apr 2021 and Dec 2024, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is D9430, — 17% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDR RICARDO RIVERA AND DR CRUZ DDS INC
OXNARD, CA 93033
OXNARD, CA 93033
33aNPI1629677844assigned 10/19/2020
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$293K
24GClaims11,317
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthApr 2021 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#1,117 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median1.7×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,057 | $15K | |
| 2022 | 1,834 | $27K | |
| 2023 | 2,976 | $63K | |
| 2024incomplete | 5,450 | $187K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D9430 | 17% | 1,550 | 1,273 | $49K | |
| D2751 | Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal | 15% | 93 | 48 | $44K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 8.5% | 311 | 310 | $25K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 8.2% | 365 | 364 | $24K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 7.4% | 5,139 | 1,039 | $22K |
| D4910 | 7.4% | 282 | 281 | $22K | |
| D4341 | 5.6% | 236 | 62 | $17K | |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 4.7% | 817 | 812 | $14K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 4.6% | 629 | 627 | $13K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.3% | 233 | 51 | $13K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 4.3% | 162 | 162 | $13K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 3.2% | 321 | 313 | $9K |
7 more codes
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 officialRIVERA, RICARDO (OWNER)