Dental
Western Dental Services, INC.
Western Dental Services, INC. was paid $3.28M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 28 billing codes. Its largest line is D0150, Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93309
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93309
33aNPI1174687313assigned 12/21/2006
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$3.28M
24GClaims72,070
24DCodes billed28
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#169 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median19×
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 | 10,964 | $410K | |
| 2019 | 13,086 | $625K | |
| 2020 | 8,725 | $383K | |
| 2021 | 10,177 | $463K | |
| 2022 | 10,045 | $480K | |
| 2023 | 9,337 | $438K | |
| 2024incomplete | 9,736 | $480K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 18% | 9,428 | 9,415 | $591K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 14% | 3,851 | 1,843 | $454K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 11% | 7,888 | 7,877 | $372K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.0% | 5,373 | 5,364 | $262K |
| D4341 | 7.3% | 3,517 | 1,215 | $240K | |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 7.0% | 2,678 | 2,670 | $229K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 5.5% | 9,286 | 9,145 | $181K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 4.6% | 7,252 | 7,231 | $152K |
| D4342 | 4.5% | 3,518 | 1,322 | $147K | |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 4.3% | 2,111 | 1,528 | $142K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 3.3% | 2,976 | 2,973 | $108K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 2.4% | 5,526 | 5,516 | $78K |
16 more codes
| D2140 | 2.1% | 1,264 | $69K | |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.8% | 892 | $59K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 1.6% | 896 | $51K |
| D4910 | 1.5% | 629 | $48K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.1% | 649 | $35K |
| D0350 | <1% | 2,221 | $20K | |
| D9430 | <1% | 438 | $14K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 740 | $9K |
| D2160 | <1% | 94 | $8K | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 536 | $4K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 101 | $3K |
| D2330 | <1% | 25 | $2K | |
| D2331 | <1% | 16 | $1K | |
| D9910 | <1% | 19 | $1K | |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 12 | $132.00 |
| D1330 | 0% | 134 | $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. | Fresno, CA | $3.18M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Bakersfield, CA | $3.15M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Cathedral City, CA | $3.10M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.