Dental
Michael J Lugtu DDS INC.
Michael J Lugtu DDS INC. was paid $697K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 21% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMICHAEL J LUGTU DDS INC.
EL MONTE, CA 91733
EL MONTE, CA 91733
33aNPI1740323310assigned 02/14/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$697K
24GClaims22,674
24DCodes billed15
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#730 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median4.0×
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 | 2,744 | $66K | |
| 2019 | 2,553 | $50K | |
| 2020 | 2,334 | $46K | |
| 2021 | 2,627 | $62K | |
| 2022 | 3,268 | $102K | |
| 2023 | 3,868 | $119K | |
| 2024incomplete | 5,280 | $252K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 21% | 1,681 | 1,677 | $143K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 19% | 2,087 | 2,085 | $133K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 11% | 1,692 | 1,689 | $79K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 11% | 1,405 | 1,396 | $77K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 9.0% | 1,679 | 1,672 | $63K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 8.0% | 4,250 | 4,232 | $56K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 7.1% | 425 | 184 | $50K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 5.0% | 8,038 | 1,805 | $35K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.7% | 898 | 898 | $19K |
| D2751 | Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal | 2.3% | 33 | 27 | $16K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 2.1% | 220 | 122 | $15K |
| D4341 | 1.2% | 124 | 34 | $9K |
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 officialLUGTU, MICHAEL (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Michael J Lugtu Ddsinc. | Paramount, CA | $928K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.