Dental
Western Dental Services, INC.
Western Dental Services, INC. was paid $1.94M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 28 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 14% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.
LOS ANGELES, CA 90011
LOS ANGELES, CA 90011
33aNPI1437211752assigned 12/14/2006
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$1.94M
24GClaims53,137
24DCodes billed28
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#312 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median11×
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 | 8,939 | $271K | |
| 2019 | 8,823 | $315K | |
| 2020 | 4,947 | $181K | |
| 2021 | 7,015 | $246K | |
| 2022 | 6,971 | $275K | |
| 2023 | 7,701 | $302K | |
| 2024incomplete | 8,741 | $355K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 14% | 5,799 | 5,763 | $279K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 13% | 4,673 | 4,660 | $261K |
| D4341 | 13% | 4,028 | 1,509 | $249K | |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 8.6% | 4,016 | 4,003 | $167K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 8.4% | 1,403 | 742 | $164K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 7.9% | 9,485 | 8,410 | $154K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 7.3% | 1,794 | 1,786 | $143K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 7.0% | 4,290 | 4,277 | $136K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 5.9% | 6,172 | 6,123 | $114K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 3.9% | 1,155 | 624 | $76K |
| D4910 | 2.9% | 839 | 833 | $56K | |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 2.3% | 2,997 | 2,985 | $44K |
16 more codes
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 1.2% | 2,759 | $23K |
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 1.0% | 132 | $20K |
| D2160 | <1% | 185 | $14K | |
| D4342 | <1% | 219 | $9K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 669 | $8K |
| D2751 | Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal | <1% | 17 | $7K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 540 | $6K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 90 | $5K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 116 | $4K |
| D9999 | Unspecified adjunctive procedure, by report | <1% | 38 | $2K |
| D2954 | <1% | 17 | $2K | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 95 | $1K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | <1% | 29 | $1K |
| D0350 | <1% | 46 | $441.60 | |
| D4921 | 0% | 80 | $0.00 | |
| D1330 | 0% | 1,454 | $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.