Dental
Rafael Rivera, JR, DDS, PLLC
Rafael Rivera, JR, DDS, PLLC was paid $8.80M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 34 billing codes. Its largest line is D2930, Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth — 11% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoRAFAEL RIVERA, JR, DDS, PLLC
HICKORY, NC 28602
HICKORY, NC 28602
33aNPI1841583176assigned 05/19/2011
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$8.80M
24GClaims251,696
24DCodes billed34
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#12 of 402
Median peer was paid$154K
This provider vs. median57×
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 | 35,135 | $1.15M | |
| 2019 | 34,990 | $1.21M | |
| 2020 | 26,582 | $917K | |
| 2021 | 34,934 | $1.34M | |
| 2022 | 40,606 | $1.49M | |
| 2023 | 38,644 | $1.35M | |
| 2024incomplete | 40,805 | $1.34M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 11% | 6,805 | 4,401 | $980K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 9.5% | 32,254 | 31,542 | $834K |
| D2140 | 9.4% | 11,538 | 5,918 | $831K | |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 8.1% | 26,331 | 25,597 | $713K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 8.1% | 15,931 | 14,980 | $711K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 6.2% | 33,670 | 32,753 | $547K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 5.8% | 6,756 | 3,718 | $509K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 5.5% | 17,358 | 4,841 | $480K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 5.2% | 12,143 | 11,816 | $461K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 3.6% | 21,013 | 20,311 | $315K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 3.1% | 5,870 | 5,702 | $274K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 3.0% | 3,321 | 2,216 | $261K |
22 more codes
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 2.6% | 3,519 | $225K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 2.5% | 5,119 | $223K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.4% | 12,007 | $214K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.3% | 6,518 | $203K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.3% | 2,081 | $201K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 2.0% | 1,908 | $179K |
| D1510 | 1.8% | 830 | $160K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 2,277 | $84K |
| D2332 | <1% | 773 | $69K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | <1% | 5,393 | $66K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 4,221 | $64K |
| D2330 | <1% | 814 | $53K | |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 1,929 | $38K |
| D2934 | <1% | 190 | $35K | |
| D7111 | <1% | 406 | $22K | |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 174 | $20K |
| D2331 | <1% | 155 | $13K | |
| D2335 | <1% | 61 | $8K | |
| D0350 | <1% | 9,464 | $3K | |
| D1354 | <1% | 159 | $1K | |
| D9440 | <1% | 15 | $834.73 | |
| D1999 | 0% | 693 | $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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialSHIROMA, MAUREEN (DIRECTOR OF OFFICE MANAGERS)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Rafael Rivera, JR., DDS, PLLC | Winston Salem, NC | $22.17M |
| Rafael Rivera, JR., DDS, PLLC | Raleigh, NC | $19.23M |
| Rafael Rivera, JR., DDS, PLLC | Greensboro, NC | $17.81M |
| Rafael Rivera, JR., DDS, PLLC | Asheville, NC | $16.43M |
| Rafael Rivera, JR, DDS, PLLC | Charlotte, NC | $14.82M |
| Rafael Rivera, JR., DDS, PLLC | Fayetteville, NC | $14.29M |
| Rafael Rivera, JR., DDS, PLLC | Charlotte, NC | $13.98M |
| Rafael Rivera, JR, DDS, PLLC | Wilmington, NC | $8.63M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.