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Western Dental Services, INC.

Western Dental Services, INC. was paid $3.36M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 34 billing codes. Its largest line is D0150, Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient — 16% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93308
33aNPI1376736314assigned 08/23/2007
28Total paid$3.36M
24GClaims67,882
24DCodes billed34
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California

Rank by total paid#163 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

$0$50K$100K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201810,598$429K
201911,230$542K
20208,164$378K
20219,222$463K
202210,023$546K
202310,288$545K
2024incomplete8,357$459K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 16% 8,728 8,694 $553K
D7210 Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth 14% 3,969 1,857 $461K
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images 9.6% 6,849 6,822 $323K
D8670 Periodic orthodontic treatment visit 8.4% 975 966 $281K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 7.9% 4,957 4,936 $266K
D4341 6.6% 3,213 1,138 $221K
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image 4.9% 7,359 7,224 $166K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 4.8% 1,892 1,882 $163K
D2150 Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent 4.3% 2,170 1,521 $145K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 3.7% 5,880 5,845 $124K
D4342 3.5% 2,795 1,009 $117K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 3.4% 3,155 3,154 $116K
22 more codes
D4910 1.9% 835 $64K
D1351 Sealant - per tooth 1.6% 2,356 $53K
D1206 Topical application of fluoride varnish 1.5% 3,252 $49K
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 1.4% 721 $48K
D2140 1.2% 717 $39K
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused 1.0% 1,024 $35K
D7140 Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root <1% 498 $28K
D2391 Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent <1% 496 $27K
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish <1% 1,553 $14K
D0350 <1% 1,513 $14K
D2331 <1% 147 $12K
D2160 <1% 134 $10K
D2330 <1% 117 $9K
D2393 Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent <1% 87 $7K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image <1% 270 $7K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images <1% 309 $4K
D9993 <1% 25 $2K
D2332 <1% 18 $1K
D1310 <1% 25 $1K
D9430 <1% 25 $800.00
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image <1% 20 $240.00
D1330 0% 1,798 $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)
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.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
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.