Dental
Choy Ortho-Pedo PLLC
Choy Ortho-Pedo PLLC was paid $135K by Medicaid between Dec 2020 and May 2023, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 22% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHOY ORTHO-PEDO PLLC
LUCAS, TX 75002
LUCAS, TX 75002
33aNPI1770084055assigned 02/22/2018
33bProvider typeOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist
28Total paid$135K
24GClaims7,858
24DCodes billed14
24AFirst – last monthDec 2020 – May 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#31 of 87
Median peer was paid$54K
This provider vs. median2.5×
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 | 453 | $7K | |
| 2021 | 2,621 | $35K | |
| 2022 | 3,285 | $65K | |
| 2023 | 1,499 | $28K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 22% | 860 | 833 | $30K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 19% | 931 | 906 | $26K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 14% | 1,912 | 692 | $19K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 14% | 137 | 134 | $19K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 8.3% | 788 | 767 | $11K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 6.6% | 820 | 786 | $9K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 3.9% | 248 | 241 | $5K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 3.4% | 167 | 29 | $5K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 3.2% | 302 | 302 | $4K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.9% | 76 | 76 | $3K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 1.8% | 50 | 49 | $2K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.2% | 55 | 52 | $2K |
2 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 officialCHOY, MICHAEL (OWNER)