Dental
Western Dental Services, INC.
Western Dental Services, INC. was paid $2.48M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 32 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 22% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.
PORTERVILLE, CA 93257
PORTERVILLE, CA 93257
33aNPI1033422548assigned 07/26/2010
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$2.48M
24GClaims52,546
24DCodes billed32
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#217 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median13×
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 TAKKAR, PREET controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | 14,289 | $584K | |
| 2019 | 11,318 | $556K | |
| 2020 | 5,904 | $281K | |
| 2021 | 8,279 | $376K | |
| 2022 | 3,827 | $194K | |
| 2023 | 5,326 | $274K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,603 | $213K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 22% | 1,973 | 1,971 | $547K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 10% | 5,680 | 5,664 | $258K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 9.4% | 3,813 | 3,805 | $233K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 9.2% | 4,918 | 4,891 | $229K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 8.2% | 1,721 | 928 | $203K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 6.6% | 2,458 | 1,451 | $165K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 5.5% | 4,066 | 4,056 | $137K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 4.4% | 5,576 | 5,279 | $109K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 3.5% | 1,010 | 1,009 | $86K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.3% | 4,017 | 3,990 | $83K |
| D2140 | 3.2% | 1,439 | 830 | $78K | |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 2.6% | 3,107 | 833 | $65K |
20 more codes
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 1.7% | 3,282 | $42K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | 1.5% | 1,117 | $38K |
| D4341 | 1.4% | 498 | $35K | |
| D0350 | 1.1% | 2,989 | $28K | |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 425 | $24K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 732 | $20K |
| D4342 | <1% | 461 | $19K | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 1,846 | $16K |
| D4910 | <1% | 186 | $14K | |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 201 | $13K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 244 | $13K |
| D2160 | <1% | 110 | $9K | |
| D9910 | <1% | 103 | $6K | |
| D9430 | <1% | 79 | $2K | |
| D2330 | <1% | 27 | $2K | |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 178 | $2K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | <1% | 29 | $1K |
| D0270 | <1% | 149 | $695.00 | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 45 | $510.00 |
| D1330 | 0% | 67 | $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 officialTAKKAR, PREET (CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Lodi, CA | $7.34M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Yuba City, CA | $7.21M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Moreno Valley, CA | $6.43M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Modesto, CA | $5.84M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Stockton, CA | $4.69M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Modesto, CA | $4.43M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Stockton, CA | $4.37M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Santa Maria, CA | $4.32M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Stockton, CA | $4.30M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Merced, CA | $4.15M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Fontana, CA | $4.09M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Lancaster, CA | $3.87M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Turlock, CA | $3.75M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Rialto, CA | $3.63M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Riverside, CA | $3.59M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Bakersfield, CA | $3.36M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Los Angeles, CA | $3.33M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Bakersfield, CA | $3.28M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Fresno, CA | $3.18M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Bakersfield, CA | $3.15M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.