Dental
Padilla, Mercedes
Padilla, Mercedes was paid $351K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 26% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPADILLA, MERCEDES
TEMPE, AZ 85283
TEMPE, AZ 85283
33aNPI1912073149assigned 11/28/2006
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$351K
24GClaims16,772
24DCodes billed17
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Arizona
Rank by total paid#44 of 223
Median peer was paid$24K
This provider vs. median15×
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 | 2,508 | $54K | |
| 2019 | 2,850 | $58K | |
| 2020 | 1,601 | $44K | |
| 2021 | 1,809 | $44K | |
| 2022 | 2,269 | $51K | |
| 2023 | 2,694 | $49K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,041 | $50K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 26% | 3,080 | 3,027 | $91K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 20% | 3,414 | 3,358 | $70K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 15% | 3,656 | 3,583 | $54K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 7.7% | 469 | 276 | $27K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 5.3% | 1,235 | 1,199 | $19K |
| D0350 | 4.1% | 926 | 905 | $14K | |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 3.6% | 672 | 215 | $13K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 3.6% | 700 | 652 | $12K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 3.4% | 338 | 327 | $12K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 2.5% | 198 | 197 | $9K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 2.4% | 930 | 911 | $8K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 2.2% | 330 | 311 | $8K |
5 more codes
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.6% | 237 | $6K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.2% | 81 | $4K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 1.1% | 453 | $4K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 33 | $642.40 |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 0% | 20 | $0.00 |
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.