Nicolaescu, Serban

Nicolaescu, Serban was paid $414K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2023, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 90% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoNICOLAESCU, SERBAN
LANCASTER, PA 17601

33aNPI1821256546assigned 05/29/2008

33bProvider typeOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist

28Total paid$414K

24GClaims1,136

24DCodes billed6

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2023

Compared with peers

Next to other Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist providers in Pennsylvania

Rank by total paid#29 of 158

Median peer was paid$111K

This provider vs. median3.7×

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	153	$63K
2019	59	$24K
2020	176	$62K
2021	699	$263K
2023	49	$2K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D8670	Periodic orthodontic treatment visit	90%	951	945	$374K
D8080	Comprehensive orthodontic treatment of the adolescent dentition	6.1%	25	25	$25K
D8660		3.2%	111	111	$13K
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	<1%	12	12	$841.80
D0120	Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient	<1%	18	18	$662.40
D1206	Topical application of fluoride varnish	<1%	19	19	$393.30

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.