Dental
Shirley Santos, DDS INC
Shirley Santos, DDS INC was paid $363K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 13 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 35% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSHIRLEY SANTOS, DDS INC
TUSTIN, CA 92780
TUSTIN, CA 92780
33aNPI1851681738assigned 04/13/2011
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$363K
24GClaims16,849
24DCodes billed13
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#1,020 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median2.1×
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 | 2,525 | $39K | |
| 2019 | 3,008 | $54K | |
| 2020 | 2,523 | $48K | |
| 2021 | 2,665 | $49K | |
| 2022 | 2,321 | $65K | |
| 2023 | 2,285 | $64K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,522 | $44K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 35% | 2,268 | 2,258 | $126K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 28% | 2,692 | 2,682 | $103K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 9.2% | 2,776 | 2,763 | $33K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 9.0% | 1,550 | 1,542 | $33K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 6.3% | 5,704 | 2,564 | $23K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 4.5% | 692 | 187 | $16K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.2% | 171 | 80 | $11K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.3% | 394 | 394 | $5K |
| D0350 | 1.2% | 454 | 174 | $5K | |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | <1% | 45 | 45 | $3K |
| D9993 | <1% | 38 | 37 | $2K | |
| D1310 | <1% | 38 | 37 | $2K |
1 more codes
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 27 | $1K |
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 officialSANTOS, SHIRLEY (PRESIDENT)