Dental
Chih-Ming Ko,d.M.D. and Po-Hsi Wu,d.M.D.,P.C.
Chih-Ming Ko,d.M.D. and Po-Hsi Wu,d.M.D.,P.C. was paid $1.29M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 19% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHIH-MING KO,D.M.D. AND PO-HSI WU,D.M.D.,P.C.
NORTH BILLERICA, MA 01862
NORTH BILLERICA, MA 01862
33aNPI1972701621assigned 07/04/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$1.29M
24GClaims31,219
24DCodes billed18
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#87 of 693
Median peer was paid$87K
This provider vs. median15×
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 | 7,978 | $329K | |
| 2019 | 7,069 | $301K | |
| 2020 | 4,338 | $143K | |
| 2021 | 3,705 | $146K | |
| 2022 | 3,242 | $131K | |
| 2023 | 2,901 | $130K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,986 | $106K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 19% | 1,014 | 970 | $238K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 16% | 3,465 | 3,356 | $204K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 14% | 7,108 | 6,901 | $186K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 13% | 3,430 | 3,330 | $167K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 12% | 5,665 | 5,507 | $156K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 5.7% | 1,928 | 1,866 | $73K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.7% | 657 | 362 | $61K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.6% | 750 | 421 | $59K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 3.2% | 2,413 | 2,353 | $42K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 2.2% | 2,040 | 1,917 | $28K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.2% | 989 | 974 | $28K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 2.2% | 737 | 236 | $28K |
6 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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialWU, PO-HSI (TREASURER)