Dental
1ST Choice Dental INC
1ST Choice Dental INC was paid $136K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is D0150, Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient — 33% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider info1ST CHOICE DENTAL INC
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91606
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91606
33aNPI1699132704assigned 01/20/2016
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$136K
24GClaims6,992
24DCodes billed15
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#1,265 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median0.7×
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 | 2,443 | $20K | |
| 2019 | 1,833 | $17K | |
| 2020 | 294 | $2K | |
| 2021 | 12 | $117.00 | |
| 2022 | 258 | $13K | |
| 2023 | 1,023 | $39K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,129 | $44K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 33% | 745 | 740 | $45K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 17% | 513 | 510 | $23K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 11% | 3,791 | 809 | $15K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 10% | 329 | 329 | $14K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 5.8% | 94 | 94 | $8K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 5.7% | 124 | 52 | $8K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 4.9% | 603 | 600 | $7K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 4.2% | 436 | 433 | $6K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 3.0% | 109 | 109 | $4K |
| D4341 | 1.8% | 36 | 12 | $2K | |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 1.7% | 71 | 12 | $2K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 44 | 44 | $842.40 |
3 more codes
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 officialSHAFAGH, KATAYOON (OWNER)