Dental
Putrus, Waiel
Putrus, Waiel was paid $3.04M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 30 billing codes. Its largest line is D2751, Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal — 22% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPUTRUS, WAIEL
NATIONAL CITY, CA 91950
NATIONAL CITY, CA 91950
33aNPI1932191830assigned 08/17/2005
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$3.04M
24GClaims85,743
24DCodes billed30
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#173 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median16×
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 | 9,127 | $191K | |
| 2019 | 10,460 | $263K | |
| 2020 | 10,073 | $248K | |
| 2021 | 15,175 | $406K | |
| 2022 | 15,071 | $558K | |
| 2023 | 13,318 | $699K | |
| 2024incomplete | 12,519 | $677K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2751 | Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal | 22% | 1,401 | 1,021 | $667K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 17% | 6,070 | 6,046 | $504K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 11% | 5,877 | 5,852 | $334K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 8.1% | 3,894 | 3,881 | $246K |
| D9430 | 6.0% | 5,755 | 5,217 | $182K | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 5.0% | 7,208 | 7,181 | $152K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 4.1% | 4,751 | 951 | $125K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 4.0% | 3,330 | 3,313 | $123K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 4.0% | 9,389 | 9,348 | $121K |
| D2954 | 3.1% | 903 | 722 | $95K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.6% | 20,068 | 6,328 | $80K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 2.0% | 1,060 | 665 | $60K |
18 more codes
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.7% | 4,283 | $51K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 1.6% | 746 | $50K |
| D3330 | Endodontic therapy, molar tooth (excluding final restoration) | 1.5% | 100 | $46K |
| D3221 | 1.4% | 677 | $42K | |
| D3320 | 1.1% | 88 | $32K | |
| D4341 | <1% | 299 | $21K | |
| D2160 | <1% | 248 | $20K | |
| D2330 | <1% | 254 | $19K | |
| D3310 | <1% | 64 | $19K | |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 1,150 | $13K |
| D2140 | <1% | 224 | $12K | |
| D9110 | <1% | 113 | $7K | |
| D2920 | <1% | 158 | $6K | |
| D4910 | <1% | 78 | $6K | |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 98 | $5K |
| D5211 | <1% | 13 | $5K | |
| D9130 | 0% | 13 | $0.00 | |
| D1330 | 0% | 7,431 | $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.