Dental
Melamed, Ramin
Melamed, Ramin was paid $697K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 24% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMELAMED, RAMIN
SYLMAR, CA 91342
SYLMAR, CA 91342
33aNPI1922164128assigned 12/29/2006
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$697K
24GClaims23,600
24DCodes billed17
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#729 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median4.0×
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 | 3,853 | $82K | |
| 2019 | 3,716 | $96K | |
| 2020 | 2,515 | $67K | |
| 2021 | 3,081 | $78K | |
| 2022 | 3,886 | $130K | |
| 2023 | 3,468 | $123K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,081 | $122K |
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% | 3,301 | 3,297 | $171K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 15% | 1,666 | 1,666 | $102K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 14% | 2,530 | 2,525 | $95K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 12% | 1,047 | 1,047 | $87K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 11% | 1,124 | 651 | $75K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 5.4% | 1,767 | 1,766 | $38K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 4.8% | 8,308 | 3,126 | $33K |
| D4910 | 3.4% | 307 | 307 | $23K | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 2.4% | 1,577 | 1,575 | $17K |
| D4341 | 2.0% | 197 | 70 | $14K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.6% | 960 | 952 | $11K |
| D2751 | Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal | 1.4% | 20 | 18 | $10K |
5 more codes
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 148 | $6K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 119 | $6K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 442 | $5K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 20 | $2K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | <1% | 67 | $1K |
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.