Dental
Rugama, Edward
Rugama, Edward was paid $196K by Medicaid between Dec 2020 and Dec 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 23% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoRUGAMA, EDWARD
RICHMOND, TX 77407
RICHMOND, TX 77407
33aNPI1861832917assigned 07/02/2013
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$196K
24GClaims11,461
24DCodes billed15
24AFirst – last monthDec 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#506 of 1,678
Median peer was paid$35K
This provider vs. median5.7×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 139 | $2K | |
| 2021 | 1,829 | $32K | |
| 2022 | 2,851 | $48K | |
| 2023 | 3,321 | $57K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,321 | $57K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 23% | 1,364 | 1,337 | $46K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 19% | 1,342 | 1,316 | $36K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 12% | 2,062 | 2,015 | $23K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 11% | 162 | 158 | $21K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 10% | 922 | 904 | $20K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 8.5% | 1,559 | 1,508 | $17K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 7.8% | 1,572 | 1,433 | $15K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 2.5% | 97 | 97 | $5K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 2.5% | 194 | 29 | $5K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 2.0% | 123 | 121 | $4K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.0% | 122 | 121 | $4K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 17 | 16 | $300.48 |
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.