Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Pugeda, Serena

Pugeda, Serena was paid $83K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 32% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPUGEDA, SERENA
ELK GROVE, CA 95758
33aNPI1801805635assigned 08/08/2006
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$83K
24GClaims11,320
24DCodes billed14
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in California

Rank by total paid#1,413 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median0.4×

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$10K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20181,471$0.00
2019997$0.00
2020460$0.00
2021995$0.00
20222,083$0.00
20232,871$31K
2024incomplete2,443$52K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 32% 1,872 1,828 $27K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 24% 1,006 989 $20K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image 9.3% 2,160 2,052 $8K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 8.5% 447 441 $7K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 7.2% 395 391 $6K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 7.0% 895 874 $6K
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish 5.0% 1,129 1,106 $4K
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image 4.8% 2,058 1,436 $4K
D9430 <1% 83 82 $792.00
D1206 Topical application of fluoride varnish <1% 30 30 $524.00
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images <1% 244 239 $504.00
D1330 0% 968 923 $0.00
2 more codes
D1351 Sealant - per tooth 0% 17 $0.00
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 0% 16 $0.00

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.