Dental
Desa-Cintron, Ricardo
Desa-Cintron, Ricardo was paid $101K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 31% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDESA-CINTRON, RICARDO
AGUADILLA, PR 00603
AGUADILLA, PR 00603
33aNPI1871551689assigned 05/02/2006
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$101K
24GClaims8,136
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in Puerto Rico
Rank by total paid#131 of 284
Median peer was paid$86K
This provider vs. median1.2×
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 | 2,944 | $27K | |
| 2019 | 1,479 | $15K | |
| 2020 | 327 | $6K | |
| 2021 | 355 | $5K | |
| 2022 | 346 | $6K | |
| 2023 | 1,094 | $17K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,591 | $24K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 31% | 1,264 | 1,087 | $32K |
| D1999 | 20% | 1,431 | 1,244 | $20K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 11% | 2,291 | 725 | $11K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 9.5% | 731 | 593 | $10K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.5% | 713 | 640 | $9K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 7.7% | 494 | 376 | $8K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 5.0% | 858 | 704 | $5K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 3.3% | 110 | 72 | $3K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 2.0% | 170 | 139 | $2K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 28 | 12 | $630.00 |
| D2140 | <1% | 20 | 12 | $432.00 | |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | <1% | 26 | 25 | $405.00 |
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.