Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Magazine Dental Associates, LLC

Magazine Dental Associates, LLC was paid $1.07M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 16 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 31% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoMAGAZINE DENTAL ASSOCIATES, LLC
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130
33aNPI1811437270assigned 03/06/2017
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$1.07M
24GClaims32,604
24DCodes billed16
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in Louisiana

Rank by total paid#41 of 251
Median peer was paid$103K
This provider vs. median10×

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.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official LACOSTE, JOSEPH controls 18+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$20K$40K$60K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20182,525$97K
20194,125$137K
20203,954$159K
20216,839$224K
20224,559$149K
20236,637$184K
2024incomplete3,965$122K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 31% 8,948 6,170 $335K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 25% 7,550 5,048 $264K
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images 17% 4,942 3,185 $185K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 8.3% 4,055 2,946 $89K
D7210 Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth 6.2% 743 357 $66K
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 3.0% 479 210 $32K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image 2.9% 1,505 931 $31K
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused 1.8% 899 753 $19K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image 1.8% 1,718 1,218 $19K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 1.1% 583 410 $12K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images <1% 249 221 $5K
D2391 Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent <1% 66 43 $4K
4 more codes
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish <1% 193 $4K
D1120 Dental cleaning, child <1% 110 $4K
D2393 Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent <1% 23 $2K
D0000 0% 541 $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.

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Who's on the registration

Authorized officialLACOSTE, JOSEPH (OWNER)
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