Nguyen, Lien

Nguyen, Lien was paid $109K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2020, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 24% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoNGUYEN, LIEN
CERRITOS, CA 90703

33aNPI1902865215assigned 03/23/2006

33bProvider typeDentist

28Total paid$109K

24GClaims4,469

24DCodes billed14

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2020

Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in California

Rank by total paid#1,333 of 2,314

Median peer was paid$185K

This provider vs. median0.6×

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	2,755	$72K
2019	1,317	$29K
2020	397	$9K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
D0120	Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient	24%	1,059	1,041	$26K
D1110	Prophylaxis - adult	15%	565	550	$16K
D1120	Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child	15%	736	726	$16K
D0210	Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images	11%	303	292	$12K
D1208	Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish	7.9%	727	717	$9K
D2150	Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent	7.8%	171	106	$9K
D2140		5.7%	154	107	$6K
D1351	Sealant - per tooth	4.8%	290	80	$5K
D0150	Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient	4.2%	121	115	$5K
D0274	Bitewings - four radiographic images	2.6%	134	132	$3K
D0272	Bitewings - two radiographic images	1.2%	86	86	$1K
D7140	Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root	<1%	19	14	$969.00

2 more codes

D0220	Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image	<1%	90	$900.00
D0230	Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image	<1%	14	$128.00

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.