Dental
Diaz, Ernie
Diaz, Ernie was paid $26K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Mar 2023, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 43% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDIAZ, ERNIE
CAROLINA, PR 00983
CAROLINA, PR 00983
33aNPI1710949201assigned 04/03/2006
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$26K
24GClaims1,881
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Mar 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Puerto Rico
Rank by total paid#395 of 551
Median peer was paid$99K
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1,091 | $13K | |
| 2019 | 40 | $1K | |
| 2020 | 165 | $2K | |
| 2021 | 385 | $7K | |
| 2022 | 187 | $3K | |
| 2023 | 13 | $334.20 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 43% | 440 | 379 | $11K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 24% | 373 | 304 | $6K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 9.6% | 246 | 195 | $3K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 7.1% | 347 | 178 | $2K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 6.9% | 135 | 111 | $2K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 6.4% | 287 | 231 | $2K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 2.0% | 32 | 16 | $518.40 |
| D2140 | 1.4% | 21 | 12 | $366.20 |
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.