Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Timothy Chao, DDS INC

Timothy Chao, DDS INC was paid $299K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 35% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoTIMOTHY CHAO, DDS INC
ORANGE, CA 92869
33aNPI1669884128assigned 06/02/2014
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$299K
24GClaims20,769
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in California

Rank by total paid#981 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median1.6×

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

$0$5.0K$10K$15K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20183,525$41K
20193,382$45K
20202,890$37K
20212,700$33K
20222,654$44K
20232,589$45K
2024incomplete3,029$55K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 35% 2,015 1,936 $106K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 20% 1,622 1,610 $60K
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image 20% 14,069 2,771 $59K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 12% 457 456 $37K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images 8.6% 2,205 2,189 $26K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 3.5% 200 188 $11K
D9430 <1% 13 12 $416.00
D1999 <1% 188 186 $46.00

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 officialCHAO, TIMTOHY (PRESIDENT)