Dental
Castellano, Joseph
Castellano, Joseph was paid $1.58M by Medicaid between Jun 2020 and Dec 2024, across 24 billing codes. Its largest line is D2392, Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent — 19% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCASTELLANO, JOSEPH
LAREDO, TX 78041
LAREDO, TX 78041
33aNPI1972551620assigned 05/05/2006
33bProvider typePediatric Dentist
28Total paid$1.58M
24GClaims48,268
24DCodes billed24
24AFirst – last monthJun 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Dentist providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#139 of 693
Median peer was paid$252K
This provider vs. median6.2×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1,274 | $44K | |
| 2021 | 12,310 | $389K | |
| 2022 | 12,620 | $415K | |
| 2023 | 11,403 | $380K | |
| 2024incomplete | 10,661 | $349K |
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 | 19% | 3,389 | 1,739 | $304K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 17% | 1,895 | 1,882 | $263K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 12% | 5,219 | 5,182 | $188K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.8% | 4,926 | 4,878 | $139K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 7.7% | 1,731 | 1,056 | $121K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 6.8% | 4,629 | 4,602 | $107K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 5.6% | 6,065 | 6,020 | $88K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 5.0% | 2,865 | 653 | $78K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 3.9% | 1,850 | 1,829 | $62K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 3.3% | 985 | 976 | $53K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 2.5% | 284 | 120 | $40K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 1.9% | 1,169 | 1,127 | $31K |
12 more codes
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.9% | 884 | $30K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.3% | 1,633 | $20K |
| D2331 | 1.2% | 188 | $18K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 1.1% | 1,715 | $18K |
| D9248 | <1% | 74 | $8K | |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 67 | $5K |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 33 | $3K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 20 | $1K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 24 | $352.80 |
| D0602 | 0% | 3,457 | $0.00 | |
| D0601 | 0% | 710 | $0.00 | |
| D0603 | 0% | 4,456 | $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.