Dental
City of Houston
City of Houston was paid $13K by Medicaid between Feb 2021 and Oct 2024, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 38% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCITY OF HOUSTON
HOUSTON, TX 77054
HOUSTON, TX 77054
33aNPI1699810309assigned 02/20/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$13K
24GClaims889
24DCodes billed9
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2021 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#1,799 of 2,774
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median0.3×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 197 | $2K | |
| 2022 | 277 | $4K | |
| 2023 | 276 | $5K | |
| 2024incomplete | 139 | $3K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 38% | 178 | 178 | $5K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 32% | 127 | 126 | $4K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 26% | 252 | 248 | $3K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.9% | 13 | 13 | $380.71 |
| D1330 | <1% | 26 | 25 | $36.75 | |
| D0603 | 0% | 230 | 224 | $0.00 | |
| D0602 | 0% | 25 | 25 | $0.00 | |
| D0601 | 0% | 12 | 12 | $0.00 | |
| D1310 | 0% | 26 | 25 | $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 officialTRAN CARAPUCCI, THERESA (DIRECTOR)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| City of Houston | Houston, TX | $181K |
| City of Houston | Houston, TX | $20K |
| City of Houston | Houston, TX | $19K |
| City of Houston | Houston, TX | $13K |
| City of Houston | Houston, TX | $72.00 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.