Dental
NPI deactivated
Dugas, Paul
Dugas, Paul was paid $105K by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Oct 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 32% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDUGAS, PAUL
SLIDELL, LA 70461
SLIDELL, LA 70461
33aNPI1992701288assigned 06/22/2005
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$105K
24GClaims3,582
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#189 of 412
Median peer was paid$83K
This provider vs. median1.3×
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 | 409 | $10K | |
| 2019 | 489 | $14K | |
| 2020 | 342 | $9K | |
| 2021 | 200 | $5K | |
| 2022 | 664 | $17K | |
| 2023 | 966 | $31K | |
| 2024incomplete | 512 | $19K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 32% | 1,227 | 1,188 | $34K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 28% | 622 | 593 | $29K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 12% | 380 | 365 | $13K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 10% | 546 | 523 | $11K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 9.3% | 473 | 443 | $10K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 8.3% | 227 | 167 | $9K |
| D1330 | 0% | 107 | 105 | $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.