Dental
Von Gruben, Michael
Von Gruben, Michael was paid $4.42M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 23 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 20% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoVON GRUBEN, MICHAEL
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70119
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70119
33aNPI1871804146assigned 07/01/2010
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$4.42M
24GClaims134,063
24DCodes billed23
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#20 of 98
Median peer was paid$469K
This provider vs. median9.4×
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 | 17,903 | $591K | |
| 2019 | 19,507 | $651K | |
| 2020 | 18,417 | $596K | |
| 2021 | 22,799 | $705K | |
| 2022 | 20,962 | $633K | |
| 2023 | 18,726 | $641K | |
| 2024incomplete | 15,749 | $603K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 20% | 24,755 | 24,395 | $864K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 13% | 20,756 | 20,422 | $561K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 8.1% | 2,807 | 1,560 | $358K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 6.6% | 15,369 | 15,073 | $293K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 6.5% | 11,355 | 11,250 | $289K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 6.5% | 3,549 | 1,907 | $287K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 5.3% | 11,195 | 10,975 | $233K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 5.0% | 7,493 | 2,736 | $219K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 4.8% | 4,388 | 4,351 | $213K |
| D9248 | 3.7% | 2,216 | 1,316 | $163K | |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 3.6% | 3,529 | 3,456 | $160K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 3.2% | 3,403 | 3,127 | $142K |
11 more codes
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 3.0% | 1,523 | $132K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.7% | 8,213 | $117K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.4% | 1,648 | $105K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 2.2% | 2,798 | $96K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 2.0% | 1,491 | $87K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 1.6% | 5,854 | $70K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 1,650 | $22K |
| D1510 | <1% | 21 | $3K | |
| D2330 | <1% | 18 | $1K | |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 16 | $1K |
| D1999 | <1% | 16 | $50.00 |
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.