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

Western Dental Services, INC. was paid $18.44M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 35 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 11% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.
FRESNO, CA 93726
33aNPI1285152165assigned 08/31/2017
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$18.44M
24GClaims537,605
24DCodes billed35
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in California

Rank by total paid#11 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median99×

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$200K$400K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2018104,543$2.98M
201996,199$3.32M
202060,431$2.22M
202191,351$3.14M
202272,120$2.63M
202364,600$2.33M
2024incomplete48,361$1.82M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 11% 56,184 55,272 $2.12M
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 11% 33,474 33,293 $1.99M
D2930 Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth 10% 16,441 6,088 $1.92M
D7140 Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root 7.1% 23,024 11,715 $1.31M
D3220 Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction 7.0% 13,138 5,391 $1.30M
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 5.9% 18,128 18,063 $1.09M
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image 5.7% 103,237 53,400 $1.04M
D2391 Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent 4.6% 15,805 8,000 $853K
D1310 4.5% 18,496 18,438 $827K
D1351 Sealant - per tooth 3.8% 27,383 8,857 $694K
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish 3.7% 49,889 49,201 $685K
D9993 3.4% 9,873 9,864 $630K
23 more codes
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 3.1% 8,597 $572K
D2150 Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent 3.0% 8,158 $545K
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image 2.6% 39,716 $470K
D8670 Periodic orthodontic treatment visit 2.0% 1,241 $364K
D0145 Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age 1.8% 5,501 $324K
D0350 1.4% 27,152 $267K
D1510 1.1% 1,752 $206K
D9230 Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis 1.1% 5,141 $200K
D2140 1.1% 3,630 $196K
D0603 <1% 12,143 $178K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images <1% 14,456 $168K
D1206 Topical application of fluoride varnish <1% 4,725 $92K
D2330 <1% 1,028 $78K
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused <1% 2,256 $77K
D0601 <1% 4,744 $69K
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images <1% 1,245 $57K
D9430 <1% 1,344 $42K
D2160 <1% 503 $40K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images <1% 851 $17K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image <1% 443 $13K
D0602 <1% 888 $12K
D1999 <1% 278 $552.00
D1330 0% 6,741 $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.