Dental
Ragusa, Lauren
Ragusa, Lauren was paid $1.60M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is D2150, Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent — 24% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoRAGUSA, LAUREN
PALMETTO, LA 71358
PALMETTO, LA 71358
33aNPI1942375795assigned 11/21/2006
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$1.60M
24GClaims41,004
24DCodes billed15
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#37 of 412
Median peer was paid$83K
This provider vs. median19×
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 | 6,982 | $251K | |
| 2019 | 6,067 | $220K | |
| 2020 | 4,623 | $166K | |
| 2021 | 5,520 | $201K | |
| 2022 | 5,535 | $209K | |
| 2023 | 6,542 | $280K | |
| 2024incomplete | 5,735 | $272K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 24% | 3,918 | 1,808 | $376K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 12% | 6,800 | 6,735 | $196K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 12% | 3,790 | 3,751 | $190K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 11% | 4,971 | 4,925 | $183K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 9.2% | 2,451 | 2,416 | $147K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 8.8% | 6,803 | 6,738 | $141K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 6.6% | 3,505 | 1,236 | $105K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 6.5% | 4,652 | 4,609 | $104K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 3.0% | 1,032 | 1,015 | $48K |
| D2140 | 2.7% | 660 | 330 | $43K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.7% | 1,811 | 1,754 | $27K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 1.2% | 381 | 377 | $19K |
3 more codes
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.