Dental
Cao, Michael
Cao, Michael was paid $244K by Medicaid between Aug 2018 and Oct 2021, across 24 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 23% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCAO, MICHAEL
LAS VEGAS, NV 89129
LAS VEGAS, NV 89129
33aNPI1679020622assigned 09/07/2016
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$244K
24GClaims10,485
24DCodes billed24
24AFirst – last monthAug 2018 – Oct 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Nevada
Rank by total paid#43 of 85
Median peer was paid$244K
This provider vs. median1.0×
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 | 7,623 | $160K | |
| 2019 | 1,165 | $29K | |
| 2020 | 1,090 | $35K | |
| 2021 | 607 | $20K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 23% | 1,404 | 1,376 | $56K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 14% | 1,059 | 1,031 | $34K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 9.9% | 863 | 852 | $24K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 9.0% | 1,732 | 323 | $22K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 8.4% | 527 | 208 | $21K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 5.5% | 582 | 566 | $13K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.9% | 542 | 520 | $9K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 3.8% | 162 | 64 | $9K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 2.9% | 238 | 225 | $7K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.7% | 193 | 96 | $7K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 2.7% | 211 | 116 | $7K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 2.4% | 368 | 368 | $6K |
12 more codes
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.1% | 1,217 | $5K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 2.0% | 372 | $5K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 1.6% | 72 | $4K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.5% | 228 | $4K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.4% | 367 | $4K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.0% | 47 | $3K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 54 | $2K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 53 | $1K |
| D1353 | <1% | 37 | $508.40 | |
| D0601 | <1% | 65 | $240.00 | |
| D0602 | <1% | 49 | $195.00 | |
| D0603 | <1% | 43 | $185.00 |
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.