Dental
Teresa M. Avendano-Galvez,dmd, a Professional Corporation
Teresa M. Avendano-Galvez,dmd, a Professional Corporation was paid $199K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 13 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 27% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTERESA M. AVENDANO-GALVEZ,DMD, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
GARDENA, CA 90248
GARDENA, CA 90248
33aNPI1831307610assigned 05/18/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$199K
24GClaims9,045
24DCodes billed13
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#1,290 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median1.2×
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 | 2,905 | $39K | |
| 2019 | 2,107 | $43K | |
| 2020 | 911 | $23K | |
| 2021 | 729 | $16K | |
| 2022 | 778 | $22K | |
| 2023 | 866 | $35K | |
| 2024incomplete | 749 | $21K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 27% | 1,050 | 1,050 | $54K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 27% | 645 | 645 | $54K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 13% | 414 | 414 | $26K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 10.0% | 5,011 | 1,145 | $20K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 9.2% | 577 | 577 | $18K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 5.3% | 509 | 509 | $10K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 4.3% | 178 | 178 | $9K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 2.3% | 458 | 458 | $5K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | <1% | 22 | 14 | $1K |
| D9430 | <1% | 43 | 36 | $1K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 86 | 84 | $952.00 |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 30 | 30 | $300.00 |
1 more codes
| D0350 | <1% | 22 | $132.00 |
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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialAVENDANO-GALVEZ, TERESA (PRESIDENT- DENTIST OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Teresa Avendano-Galvez DMD INC | Long Beach, CA | $7K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.