Dental
Christine Shahgaldian DDS INC
Christine Shahgaldian DDS INC was paid $15.84M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 33 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 15% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHRISTINE SHAHGALDIAN DDS INC
LOS ANGELES, CA 90033
LOS ANGELES, CA 90033
33aNPI1972930873assigned 10/09/2013
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$15.84M
24GClaims523,001
24DCodes billed33
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#17 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median85×
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 | 97,909 | $2.16M | |
| 2019 | 105,818 | $2.73M | |
| 2020 | 87,419 | $2.09M | |
| 2021 | 58,992 | $1.97M | |
| 2022 | 61,019 | $2.48M | |
| 2023 | 59,241 | $2.36M | |
| 2024incomplete | 52,603 | $2.04M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 15% | 42,281 | 42,181 | $2.42M |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 14% | 54,792 | 54,678 | $2.15M |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 6.8% | 16,199 | 8,989 | $1.08M |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 6.5% | 137,858 | 47,875 | $1.03M |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 6.3% | 8,555 | 3,681 | $1.00M |
| D2140 | 5.2% | 15,132 | 8,859 | $823K | |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 5.0% | 28,619 | 10,040 | $797K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 4.9% | 19,555 | 19,308 | $770K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 4.6% | 7,423 | 3,154 | $736K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 4.6% | 12,716 | 7,765 | $727K |
| D1310 | 4.1% | 14,279 | 14,244 | $655K | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 3.5% | 46,975 | 46,887 | $552K |
21 more codes
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 3.4% | 8,398 | $535K |
| D9993 | 3.1% | 7,578 | $492K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | 1.5% | 20,699 | $245K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 1.5% | 5,108 | $241K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 1.4% | 10,365 | $224K |
| D0350 | 1.4% | 16,412 | $216K | |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.4% | 18,326 | $215K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 1.3% | 3,436 | $205K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 1.2% | 7,301 | $198K |
| D2330 | <1% | 2,036 | $156K | |
| D0603 | <1% | 10,114 | $151K | |
| D2160 | <1% | 1,062 | $85K | |
| D0602 | <1% | 2,978 | $45K | |
| D1320 | <1% | 3,681 | $37K | |
| D1510 | <1% | 188 | $22K | |
| D9430 | <1% | 371 | $11K | |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 153 | $10K |
| D2331 | <1% | 56 | $4K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 41 | $2K |
| D0270 | <1% | 285 | $1K | |
| D0601 | <1% | 29 | $435.00 |
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 officialSHAHGALDIAN, CHRISTINE (PRESIDENT)
Parent organizationCHRISTINE SHAHGALDIAN DDS INC
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dental Corporation of Christine Shahgaldian | El Monte, CA | $17.25M |
| Shahgaldian Professional Dental Corp | Los Angeles, CA | $14.91M |
| Practice of Shahgaldian Dental INC. | Santa Ana, CA | $12.68M |
| Office of Shahgaldian Dental Corp | Montclair, CA | $7.57M |
| Corp of Shahgaldian Dental INC. | Lynwood, CA | $5.97M |
| Clinic of Shahgaldian Dental Group INC | Oxnard, CA | $2.73M |
| Group of Shahgaldian Dental Corp | Anaheim, CA | $2.38M |
| INC of Shahgaldian Dental | Victorville, CA | $1.24M |
| DDS of Shahgaldian Dental Corp | Riverside, CA | $1.15M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.