Dental
Western Dental Services, INC.
Western Dental Services, INC. was paid $2.62M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 37 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 17% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.
VISALIA, CA 93277
VISALIA, CA 93277
33aNPI1316090699assigned 01/19/2007
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$2.62M
24GClaims59,152
24DCodes billed37
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#201 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
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
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 | 12,353 | $505K | |
| 2019 | 9,987 | $468K | |
| 2020 | 6,334 | $249K | |
| 2021 | 7,227 | $286K | |
| 2022 | 8,290 | $385K | |
| 2023 | 8,389 | $394K | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,572 | $333K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 17% | 1,637 | 1,633 | $458K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 10% | 5,369 | 5,357 | $268K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 10% | 4,317 | 4,304 | $268K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 6.6% | 1,479 | 747 | $173K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 6.4% | 1,981 | 1,977 | $167K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 6.3% | 3,531 | 3,517 | $164K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 5.5% | 6,828 | 6,499 | $145K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 5.2% | 3,895 | 3,880 | $136K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.9% | 2,351 | 1,098 | $127K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 4.0% | 5,205 | 5,152 | $106K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 3.7% | 1,453 | 773 | $97K |
| D4341 | 3.1% | 1,164 | 393 | $81K |
25 more codes
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 2.6% | 5,456 | $69K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.3% | 910 | $61K |
| D2140 | 2.1% | 1,032 | $56K | |
| D2330 | 1.5% | 489 | $39K | |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 1.5% | 674 | $39K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 732 | $25K |
| D0350 | <1% | 2,619 | $25K | |
| D2751 | Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal | <1% | 51 | $23K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | <1% | 1,359 | $22K |
| D7240 | Removal of impacted tooth - completely bony | <1% | 67 | $15K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | <1% | 273 | $10K |
| D8080 | Comprehensive orthodontic treatment of the adolescent dentition | <1% | 12 | $9K |
| D2160 | <1% | 104 | $8K | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 410 | $8K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 523 | $6K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 472 | $5K |
| D9910 | <1% | 111 | $4K | |
| D4910 | <1% | 41 | $3K | |
| D4342 | <1% | 25 | $1K | |
| D0470 | <1% | 12 | $900.00 | |
| D0340 | <1% | 12 | $600.00 | |
| D9430 | <1% | 12 | $384.00 | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 15 | $180.00 |
| D1330 | 0% | 4,406 | $0.00 | |
| D4921 | 0% | 125 | $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.