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

Western Dental Services, INC. was paid $1.39M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 87% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93309
33aNPI1447306832assigned 01/26/2007
28Total paid$1.39M
24GClaims8,589
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California

Rank by total paid#431 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median8.1×

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$20K$40K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20181,898$274K
20191,592$269K
2020848$149K
20211,086$174K
20221,013$170K
20231,255$195K
2024incomplete897$162K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D8670 Periodic orthodontic treatment visit 87% 4,285 4,270 $1.21M
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused 7.5% 3,067 3,046 $105K
D8080 Comprehensive orthodontic treatment of the adolescent dentition 2.7% 40 40 $38K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image 2.2% 1,120 1,107 $31K
D0340 <1% 40 40 $2K
D0470 <1% 24 24 $2K
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images <1% 13 13 $528.00

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.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.