Dental
Lopez Alvarez, Walter
Lopez Alvarez, Walter was paid $281K by Medicaid between Jun 2023 and Apr 2024, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 19% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLOPEZ ALVAREZ, WALTER
HARLINGEN, TX 78552
HARLINGEN, TX 78552
33aNPI1710034004assigned 01/05/2007
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$281K
24GClaims9,316
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthJun 2023 – Apr 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#331 of 693
Median peer was paid$252K
This provider vs. median1.1×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6,307 | $201K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,009 | $80K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 19% | 606 | 204 | $52K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 17% | 377 | 94 | $48K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 8.8% | 738 | 708 | $25K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.1% | 857 | 820 | $23K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 7.6% | 161 | 154 | $21K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 7.4% | 1,992 | 803 | $21K |
| D9248 | 7.1% | 209 | 181 | $20K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 6.8% | 282 | 91 | $19K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 4.3% | 884 | 845 | $12K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 4.2% | 557 | 528 | $12K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 3.7% | 915 | 855 | $10K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 2.5% | 143 | 136 | $7K |
8 more codes
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 1.6% | 315 | $5K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 1.5% | 163 | $4K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 26 | $2K |
| D7111 | <1% | 48 | $458.80 | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 13 | $187.80 |
| D0601 | 0% | 538 | $0.00 | |
| D0603 | 0% | 201 | $0.00 | |
| D0602 | 0% | 291 | $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.