Dental
Samartano, Joseph
Samartano, Joseph was paid $123K by Medicaid between Jun 2018 and Feb 2020, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 14% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSAMARTANO, JOSEPH
PROVIDENCE, RI 02907
PROVIDENCE, RI 02907
33aNPI1841389624assigned 10/12/2006
33bProvider typeOral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)
28Total paid$123K
24GClaims2,573
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthJun 2018 – Feb 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) providers in Rhode Island
Rank by total paid#7 of 9
Median peer was paid$161K
This provider vs. median0.8×
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 | 2,432 | $100K | |
| 2019 | 81 | $10K | |
| 2020 | 60 | $13K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 14% | 423 | 423 | $17K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 11% | 101 | 31 | $14K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 11% | 381 | 381 | $14K |
| D9420 | 10% | 58 | 52 | $13K | |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 7.8% | 432 | 432 | $10K |
| D7240 | Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony | 6.6% | 28 | 12 | $8K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 6.3% | 244 | 91 | $8K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 5.1% | 74 | 26 | $6K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.8% | 81 | 61 | $6K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.6% | 57 | 51 | $6K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 4.2% | 94 | 94 | $5K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 3.0% | 137 | 137 | $4K |
8 more codes
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.7% | 147 | $3K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 2.3% | 76 | $3K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.0% | 77 | $2K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 1.5% | 58 | $2K |
| D9920 | <1% | 15 | $945.00 | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 58 | $835.00 |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 18 | $600.00 |
| D0240 | <1% | 14 | $400.00 |
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.