Dental
Rao, Vasantha
Rao, Vasantha was paid $514K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is D2391, Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent — 35% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoRAO, VASANTHA
PENDLETON, SC 29670
PENDLETON, SC 29670
33aNPI1700942505assigned 12/28/2006
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$514K
24GClaims12,183
24DCodes billed15
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#27 of 166
Median peer was paid$67K
This provider vs. median7.7×
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 | 2,858 | $120K | |
| 2019 | 2,378 | $103K | |
| 2020 | 1,964 | $93K | |
| 2021 | 1,055 | $31K | |
| 2022 | 2,051 | $99K | |
| 2023 | 1,053 | $30K | |
| 2024incomplete | 824 | $37K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 35% | 2,322 | 502 | $180K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 12% | 1,238 | 1,238 | $62K |
| D9248 | 10% | 784 | 750 | $53K | |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.2% | 1,840 | 1,840 | $42K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 7.5% | 315 | 115 | $38K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 7.2% | 1,976 | 1,976 | $37K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 5.8% | 1,819 | 1,819 | $30K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 5.4% | 854 | 822 | $28K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 4.1% | 597 | 597 | $21K |
| D9920 | 1.6% | 161 | 161 | $8K | |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.3% | 75 | 43 | $7K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 1.1% | 120 | 120 | $5K |
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.