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Cuero Dentistry and Orthodontics PLLC

Cuero Dentistry and Orthodontics PLLC was paid $749K by Medicaid between Nov 2020 and Dec 2024, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is D0145, Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age — 17% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCUERO DENTISTRY AND ORTHODONTICS PLLC
CUERO, TX 77954
33aNPI1992225106assigned 06/20/2017
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$749K
24GClaims30,126
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthNov 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in Texas

Rank by total paid#263 of 1,678
Median peer was paid$35K
This provider vs. median22×

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.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official PU, MARY controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$10K$20K$30K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2020837$21K
20216,662$184K
20227,694$203K
20239,331$214K
2024incomplete5,602$126K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D0145 Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age 17% 931 916 $129K
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 14% 1,066 463 $103K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 11% 2,388 2,357 $83K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 11% 2,995 2,956 $82K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 9.1% 1,350 1,316 $68K
D1351 Sealant - per tooth 9.0% 2,514 294 $68K
D1206 Topical application of fluoride varnish 6.8% 3,634 3,591 $51K
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image 6.6% 5,184 2,261 $49K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 3.9% 1,112 1,081 $30K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image 3.8% 2,571 2,497 $28K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 3.0% 717 692 $23K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image 1.9% 366 354 $14K
8 more codes
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images 1.9% 651 $14K
D2393 Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent <1% 52 $6K
D9230 Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis <1% 33 $804.98
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images <1% 12 $777.04
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused <1% 12 $251.26
D0603 0% 2,189 $0.00
D0602 0% 378 $0.00
D0601 0% 1,971 $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.

From NPPES

Who's on the registration

Authorized officialPU, MARY (VP OF FINANCE)
Same official

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