Nieves Mendez, Carlos

Nieves Mendez, Carlos was paid $672K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is D1110, Prophylaxis - adult — 28% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoNIEVES MENDEZ, CARLOS
MOCA, PR 00676

33aNPI1902106537assigned 10/29/2010

33bProvider typeDentist

28Total paid$672K

24GClaims33,604

24DCodes billed18

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in Puerto Rico

Rank by total paid#22 of 284

Median peer was paid$86K

This provider vs. median7.8×

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	7,130	$118K
2019	6,305	$127K
2020	2,237	$47K
2021	4,126	$82K
2022	3,916	$79K
2023	4,741	$98K
2024incomplete	5,149	$122K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	28%	7,222	7,020	$190K
D0330	Panoramic radiographic image	14%	3,254	3,160	$94K
D0120	Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient	12%	6,114	5,918	$83K
D0272	Bitewings - two radiographic images	12%	5,531	5,355	$80K
D2150	Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent	7.8%	1,357	1,007	$52K
D1999		7.3%	3,238	3,123	$49K
D0150	Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient	6.4%	2,214	2,143	$43K
D1208	Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish	5.1%	2,464	2,372	$34K
D1120	Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child	2.9%	1,129	1,077	$19K
D7140	Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root	1.1%	279	192	$7K
D2335		<1%	147	88	$7K
D2160		<1%	112	95	$5K

6 more codes

D2140		<1%	123	$3K
D1351	Sealant - per tooth	<1%	231	$3K
D0140	Limited oral evaluation - problem focused	<1%	48	$629.37
D2331		<1%	26	$553.00
D0220	Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image	<1%	91	$542.52
D2391	Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent	<1%	24	$432.00

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.