Dental
Vuppala, Ramu
Vuppala, Ramu was paid $13K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2023, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 48% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoVUPPALA, RAMU
MIDLAND, TX 79701
MIDLAND, TX 79701
33aNPI1740536622assigned 07/30/2012
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$13K
24GClaims400
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#570 of 693
Median peer was paid$252K
This provider vs. median0.1×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 224 | $5K | |
| 2023 | 176 | $8K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 48% | 85 | 15 | $6K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 13% | 49 | 49 | $2K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 9.9% | 31 | 12 | $1K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 6.7% | 27 | 27 | $881.46 |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 5.0% | 64 | 63 | $664.50 |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 4.4% | 31 | 31 | $578.02 |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 4.2% | 55 | 54 | $549.59 |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 3.3% | 12 | 12 | $438.22 |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.2% | 14 | 14 | $424.55 |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.2% | 16 | 16 | $151.97 |
| D0350 | 1.1% | 16 | 16 | $147.04 |
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.