Dental
James K. Lai DDS INC.
James K. Lai DDS INC. was paid $138K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jan 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 28% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoJAMES K. LAI DDS INC.
CORONA, CA 92881
CORONA, CA 92881
33aNPI1912310590assigned 06/11/2014
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$138K
24GClaims5,506
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jan 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#1,263 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median0.7×
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 | 507 | $8K | |
| 2019 | 1,098 | $32K | |
| 2020 | 363 | $8K | |
| 2021 | 1,708 | $38K | |
| 2022 | 551 | $13K | |
| 2023 | 1,200 | $37K | |
| 2024incomplete | 79 | $2K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 28% | 674 | 674 | $38K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 18% | 275 | 275 | $24K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 12% | 250 | 250 | $16K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 11% | 316 | 316 | $15K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 6.9% | 291 | 291 | $9K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 5.8% | 695 | 695 | $8K |
| D0350 | 5.5% | 832 | 188 | $8K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 4.9% | 583 | 497 | $7K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 3.4% | 1,202 | 617 | $5K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.4% | 224 | 224 | $5K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 1.8% | 151 | 151 | $2K |
| D9430 | <1% | 13 | 13 | $416.00 |
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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialLAI, JAMES (CEO)