Dental
NPI deactivated
Sciarra, Joseph
Sciarra, Joseph was paid $189K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 40% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSCIARRA, JOSEPH
WOODLAND HILLS, CA 91364
WOODLAND HILLS, CA 91364
33aNPI1649275074assigned 06/13/2005
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$189K
24GClaims6,677
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#211 of 332
Median peer was paid$450K
This provider vs. median0.4×
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 | 1,077 | $24K | |
| 2019 | 950 | $27K | |
| 2020 | 840 | $22K | |
| 2021 | 1,002 | $25K | |
| 2022 | 1,096 | $43K | |
| 2023 | 1,253 | $39K | |
| 2024incomplete | 459 | $9K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 40% | 1,551 | 1,537 | $76K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 36% | 1,850 | 1,828 | $68K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 13% | 1,879 | 1,858 | $24K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 4.0% | 201 | 185 | $8K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.9% | 478 | 469 | $6K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 1.3% | 566 | 150 | $2K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 31 | 31 | $1K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 22 | 12 | $1K |
| D9430 | <1% | 37 | 37 | $1K | |
| D1310 | <1% | 31 | 31 | $1K | |
| D0603 | <1% | 31 | 31 | $330.00 |
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.