Dental
DR. Richard Gutierrez Dds,ms, INC.
DR. Richard Gutierrez Dds,ms, INC. was paid $1.29M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 85% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDR. RICHARD GUTIERREZ DDS,MS, INC.
EL CENTRO, CA 92243
EL CENTRO, CA 92243
33aNPI1962558981assigned 01/25/2007
33bProvider typeOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist
28Total paid$1.29M
24GClaims6,327
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedic Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#69 of 251
Median peer was paid$303K
This provider vs. median4.3×
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 | 917 | $153K | |
| 2019 | 997 | $188K | |
| 2020 | 754 | $159K | |
| 2021 | 908 | $194K | |
| 2022 | 951 | $196K | |
| 2023 | 882 | $192K | |
| 2024incomplete | 918 | $208K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 85% | 3,809 | 3,802 | $1.10M |
| D8080 | Comprehensive orthodontic treatment of the adolescent dentition | 6.1% | 78 | 78 | $79K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 5.6% | 2,072 | 2,062 | $72K |
| D8680 | 1.9% | 74 | 37 | $25K | |
| D0470 | <1% | 79 | 77 | $6K | |
| D0340 | <1% | 79 | 79 | $4K | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 119 | 119 | $4K |
| D1999 | 0% | 17 | 17 | $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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialGUTIERREZ, RICHARD (ORTHODONTIST)