Dental
Contreras, Benjamin
Contreras, Benjamin was paid $12K by Medicaid between Dec 2020 and Sep 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 50% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCONTRERAS, BENJAMIN
PASADENA, TX 77506
PASADENA, TX 77506
33aNPI1750505046assigned 04/11/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$12K
24GClaims572
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthDec 2020 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#1,836 of 2,774
Median peer was paid$43K
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 60 | $1K | |
| 2021 | 159 | $3K | |
| 2022 | 97 | $2K | |
| 2023 | 244 | $5K | |
| 2024incomplete | 12 | $346.20 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 50% | 204 | 202 | $6K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 26% | 210 | 209 | $3K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 7.6% | 24 | 24 | $882.00 |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 7.2% | 67 | 67 | $841.52 |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 5.4% | 55 | 55 | $633.05 |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.6% | 12 | 12 | $415.32 |
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.