Dental
Tuazon, Joseph
Tuazon, Joseph was paid $908K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Mar 2020, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 24% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTUAZON, JOSEPH
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 48310
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 48310
33aNPI1962597591assigned 10/03/2006
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$908K
24GClaims21,466
24DCodes billed18
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Mar 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Michigan
Rank by total paid#56 of 153
Median peer was paid$464K
This provider vs. median2.0×
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 | 19,088 | $805K | |
| 2019 | 2,317 | $101K | |
| 2020 | 61 | $2K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 24% | 1,710 | 880 | $218K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 15% | 3,187 | 3,182 | $137K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 15% | 3,803 | 3,795 | $134K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 11% | 3,317 | 3,308 | $97K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 6.1% | 981 | 978 | $55K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 5.3% | 492 | 400 | $48K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 4.5% | 1,502 | 1,498 | $41K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 4.5% | 1,216 | 337 | $41K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 4.4% | 2,036 | 2,030 | $40K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 3.1% | 2,042 | 1,907 | $28K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 1.9% | 194 | 152 | $17K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 1.7% | 240 | 240 | $15K |
6 more codes
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.6% | 324 | $14K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | <1% | 287 | $8K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 76 | $7K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 32 | $5K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 12 | $984.00 |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 15 | $645.00 |
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.