Dental
Michael E Tai DDS INC
Michael E Tai DDS INC was paid $253K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 39% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMICHAEL E TAI DDS INC
GILROY, CA 95020
GILROY, CA 95020
33aNPI1679784136assigned 05/25/2007
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$253K
24GClaims11,932
24DCodes billed9
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#1,035 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median1.4×
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 | 3,454 | $59K | |
| 2019 | 2,808 | $54K | |
| 2020 | 843 | $17K | |
| 2021 | 1,175 | $22K | |
| 2022 | 1,165 | $33K | |
| 2023 | 1,437 | $39K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,050 | $29K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 39% | 1,958 | 1,951 | $99K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 30% | 2,104 | 2,096 | $76K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 9.1% | 2,102 | 2,094 | $23K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 7.3% | 901 | 896 | $18K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 6.0% | 4,011 | 2,011 | $15K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 4.5% | 169 | 94 | $11K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.5% | 549 | 549 | $6K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | <1% | 114 | 25 | $2K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 24 | 13 | $1K |
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 officialTAI, MICHAEL (DENTIST)