Dental
Scott Nguyen, DDS, INC.
Scott Nguyen, DDS, INC. was paid $503K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2021, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 21% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSCOTT NGUYEN, DDS, INC.
NEWARK, CA 94560
NEWARK, CA 94560
33aNPI1861692097assigned 07/25/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$503K
24GClaims22,357
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#881 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median2.9×
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 | 10,917 | $237K | |
| 2019 | 8,757 | $207K | |
| 2020 | 1,671 | $41K | |
| 2021 | 1,012 | $18K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 21% | 2,723 | 2,723 | $105K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 17% | 2,864 | 2,846 | $85K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 15% | 1,144 | 669 | $75K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 8.2% | 774 | 446 | $41K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 5.5% | 2,729 | 2,708 | $28K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 5.0% | 445 | 259 | $25K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 4.3% | 431 | 430 | $22K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 4.2% | 5,674 | 2,640 | $21K |
| D9430 | 4.2% | 704 | 681 | $21K | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.8% | 940 | 934 | $19K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.7% | 1,216 | 1,212 | $14K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 2.5% | 604 | 198 | $13K |
8 more codes
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 1.6% | 133 | $8K |
| D0350 | 1.4% | 802 | $7K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.3% | 565 | $6K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 1.0% | 130 | $5K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | <1% | 375 | $4K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 30 | $2K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 59 | $2K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 15 | $364.00 |
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 officialNGUYEN, SCOTT (PRESIDENT)