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Mercado, Maria Del Mar

Mercado, Maria Del Mar was paid $475K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 16 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 26% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoMERCADO, MARIA DEL MAR
LARES, PR 00669
33aNPI1760776520assigned 06/08/2011
28Total paid$475K
24GClaims26,332
24DCodes billed16
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program providers in Puerto Rico

Rank by total paid#4 of 77
Median peer was paid$39K
This provider vs. median12×

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

$0$5.0K$10K$15K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20184,915$78K
20196,057$105K
20202,257$43K
20214,201$76K
20223,136$57K
20231,896$35K
2024incomplete3,870$81K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 26% 4,748 4,197 $125K
D1999 14% 4,469 4,023 $66K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 13% 4,571 4,015 $60K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images 11% 3,779 3,311 $53K
D2150 Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent 8.1% 1,202 714 $38K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 7.0% 1,704 1,499 $33K
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish 6.8% 2,327 2,001 $32K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 4.7% 1,240 1,064 $22K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image 3.3% 529 508 $16K
D2140 2.3% 444 282 $11K
D2160 2.0% 265 159 $9K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image 1.2% 881 770 $6K
4 more codes
D7140 Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root <1% 81 $2K
D7210 Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth <1% 20 $1K
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused <1% 21 $287.55
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image <1% 51 $179.65

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.