Dental
Hector Lopez, D.D.S., P.C.
Hector Lopez, D.D.S., P.C. was paid $5.70M by Medicaid between Oct 2020 and Dec 2024, across 26 billing codes. Its largest line is D1351, Sealant - per tooth — 14% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHECTOR LOPEZ, D.D.S., P.C.
LAREDO, TX 78043
LAREDO, TX 78043
33aNPI1689117798assigned 11/21/2016
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$5.70M
24GClaims240,114
24DCodes billed26
24AFirst – last monthOct 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#45 of 2,774
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median133×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9,093 | $203K | |
| 2021 | 54,478 | $1.28M | |
| 2022 | 62,523 | $1.48M | |
| 2023 | 65,097 | $1.54M | |
| 2024incomplete | 48,923 | $1.19M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 14% | 28,194 | 7,315 | $770K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 11% | 22,009 | 21,946 | $630K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 10% | 10,508 | 10,468 | $570K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 9.5% | 51,679 | 22,551 | $543K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 8.5% | 13,256 | 13,229 | $482K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 8.4% | 3,423 | 3,411 | $479K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 6.8% | 11,628 | 11,573 | $390K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 6.6% | 3,797 | 2,279 | $378K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 6.1% | 23,847 | 23,780 | $348K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 4.7% | 23,423 | 23,256 | $269K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.1% | 2,995 | 1,731 | $233K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 4.0% | 1,568 | 956 | $226K |
14 more codes
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.4% | 7,213 | $135K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 1.3% | 1,491 | $76K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.1% | 1,797 | $62K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 308 | $32K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | <1% | 1,035 | $27K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 730 | $13K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 185 | $12K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 3,263 | $8K |
| D7111 | <1% | 495 | $6K | |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 59 | $5K |
| D0350 | <1% | 43 | $680.06 | |
| D0603 | 0% | 5,503 | $0.00 | |
| D0601 | 0% | 20,422 | $0.00 | |
| D0602 | 0% | 1,243 | $0.00 |
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 officialLOPEZ, HECTOR (PRESIDENT)