Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Western Dental Services, INC.

Western Dental Services, INC. was paid $2.34M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 31 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 15% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.
OAKLAND, CA 94612
33aNPI1154485654assigned 12/20/2006
28Total paid$2.34M
24GClaims59,108
24DCodes billed31
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California

Rank by total paid#246 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median14×

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

$0$25K$50K$75K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201815,391$562K
201912,457$529K
20208,026$280K
20218,694$345K
20225,409$235K
20234,912$195K
2024incomplete4,219$191K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 15% 7,285 7,279 $355K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 15% 5,639 5,628 $350K
D8670 Periodic orthodontic treatment visit 10% 872 871 $235K
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images 8.8% 4,410 4,402 $206K
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image 7.6% 8,957 8,316 $179K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 7.1% 2,046 2,038 $165K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 5.7% 6,370 6,352 $133K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 5.4% 3,869 3,869 $127K
D2150 Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent 5.1% 1,773 997 $119K
D7210 Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth 4.5% 888 465 $105K
D4341 4.2% 1,480 614 $99K
D1206 Topical application of fluoride varnish 3.4% 6,504 6,490 $80K
19 more codes
D2140 2.3% 979 $53K
D0350 1.0% 2,583 $24K
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused <1% 441 $15K
D4910 <1% 180 $14K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image <1% 573 $12K
D2391 Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent <1% 194 $11K
D2160 <1% 118 $9K
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent <1% 128 $9K
D9910 <1% 140 $7K
D9230 Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis <1% 159 $6K
D7140 Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root <1% 106 $6K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images <1% 488 $6K
D9430 <1% 119 $4K
D4342 <1% 68 $3K
D1351 Sealant - per tooth <1% 122 $3K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image <1% 150 $2K
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish <1% 36 $537.50
D1999 0% 14 $0.00
D1330 0% 2,417 $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 OPERATIONS OFFICER)
Same official

Other billing entities under TAKKAR, PREET

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ProviderLocationPaid
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.