Dental
Christopher Choo DDS INC
Christopher Choo DDS INC was paid $1.24M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and May 2022, across 23 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 19% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHRISTOPHER CHOO DDS INC
HUGHSON, CA 95326
HUGHSON, CA 95326
33aNPI1750793634assigned 05/27/2014
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$1.24M
24GClaims65,369
24DCodes billed23
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – May 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#421 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median6.7×
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 | 20,412 | $379K | |
| 2019 | 17,110 | $327K | |
| 2020 | 10,413 | $184K | |
| 2021 | 12,300 | $209K | |
| 2022 | 5,134 | $143K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 19% | 5,455 | 5,451 | $241K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 15% | 5,995 | 5,987 | $187K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 14% | 2,594 | 1,554 | $172K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 10% | 32,577 | 5,928 | $128K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 6.5% | 3,880 | 3,878 | $81K |
| D2160 | 5.8% | 918 | 674 | $72K | |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 5.0% | 1,039 | 1,034 | $62K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 4.2% | 6,162 | 6,152 | $53K |
| D2140 | 3.6% | 819 | 560 | $44K | |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 3.3% | 1,238 | 282 | $41K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 3.1% | 671 | 400 | $38K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.3% | 430 | 273 | $29K |
11 more codes
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 1.9% | 521 | $24K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.5% | 241 | $19K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.5% | 1,567 | $18K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 170 | $9K |
| D9430 | <1% | 285 | $9K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 694 | $8K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | <1% | 27 | $2K |
| D2330 | <1% | 26 | $2K | |
| D2394 | <1% | 18 | $2K | |
| D2161 | <1% | 14 | $1K | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 28 | $840.00 |
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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialCHOO, CHRISTOPHER (PRESIDENT)