Dental
D. Alvarenga, DDS, INC.
D. Alvarenga, DDS, INC. was paid $844K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2023, across 23 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 24% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoD. ALVARENGA, DDS, INC.
LAKE FOREST, CA 92630
LAKE FOREST, CA 92630
33aNPI1992046304assigned 03/11/2013
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$844K
24GClaims35,088
24DCodes billed23
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#641 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median4.9×
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 | 6,516 | $136K | |
| 2019 | 6,078 | $134K | |
| 2020 | 4,905 | $107K | |
| 2021 | 5,987 | $131K | |
| 2022 | 7,037 | $210K | |
| 2023 | 4,565 | $126K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 24% | 3,801 | 3,766 | $204K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 16% | 3,679 | 3,655 | $135K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 8.8% | 871 | 862 | $74K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 7.5% | 2,442 | 787 | $64K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 6.8% | 933 | 926 | $58K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 6.1% | 767 | 440 | $51K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 5.7% | 2,270 | 2,254 | $48K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 5.5% | 11,544 | 4,141 | $47K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 4.3% | 2,296 | 2,275 | $36K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 3.0% | 2,485 | 2,476 | $25K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.1% | 1,545 | 1,536 | $18K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.1% | 263 | 173 | $18K |
11 more codes
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 2.0% | 369 | $17K |
| D9993 | 1.4% | 235 | $12K | |
| D1310 | 1.4% | 264 | $12K | |
| D9430 | 1.1% | 296 | $9K | |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 73 | $6K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 449 | $5K |
| D0350 | <1% | 381 | $3K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 25 | $1K |
| D2140 | <1% | 21 | $1K | |
| D0603 | <1% | 67 | $735.00 | |
| D1354 | <1% | 12 | $420.00 |
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 officialALVARENGA, DAISY (DENTIST)