Dental
James E. Dickey D.D.S. A.P.C.
James E. Dickey D.D.S. A.P.C. was paid $616K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 30% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoJAMES E. DICKEY D.D.S. A.P.C.
LOS ANGELES, CA 90010
LOS ANGELES, CA 90010
33aNPI1770615692assigned 03/09/2007
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$616K
24GClaims26,928
24DCodes billed14
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#708 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median3.3×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4,626 | $79K | |
| 2019 | 4,150 | $85K | |
| 2020 | 3,227 | $64K | |
| 2021 | 3,409 | $64K | |
| 2022 | 3,598 | $105K | |
| 2023 | 4,398 | $126K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,520 | $92K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 30% | 3,331 | 3,321 | $182K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 23% | 3,756 | 3,744 | $143K |
| D2140 | 11% | 1,243 | 645 | $67K | |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 7.8% | 1,236 | 1,217 | $48K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 7.4% | 3,744 | 3,732 | $46K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 5.8% | 8,995 | 3,827 | $36K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 4.9% | 1,415 | 1,411 | $30K |
| D0350 | 2.6% | 1,565 | 998 | $16K | |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 2.6% | 236 | 155 | $16K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.8% | 946 | 944 | $11K |
| D1310 | 1.6% | 213 | 211 | $10K | |
| D9993 | 1.5% | 144 | 144 | $9K |
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 officialDICKEY, JAMES (DENTIST)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Moreno Valley Dental Center | Moreno Valley, CA | $1.15M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.