Dental
Western Dental Services, INC.
Western Dental Services, INC. was paid $665K by Medicaid between May 2019 and Dec 2024, across 27 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 22% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.
PANORAMA CITY, CA 91402
PANORAMA CITY, CA 91402
33aNPI1457825952assigned 01/17/2019
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$665K
24GClaims48,342
24DCodes billed27
24AFirst – last monthMay 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#675 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median3.6×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3,441 | $57K | |
| 2020 | 5,452 | $42K | |
| 2021 | 12,831 | $66K | |
| 2022 | 12,510 | $155K | |
| 2023 | 7,378 | $155K | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,730 | $191K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 22% | 4,601 | 4,536 | $144K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 17% | 2,534 | 2,502 | $113K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 16% | 4,142 | 4,107 | $108K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 7.6% | 14,943 | 7,321 | $50K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 6.1% | 1,046 | 1,023 | $41K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 4.8% | 2,735 | 2,730 | $32K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 4.6% | 748 | 744 | $30K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 4.2% | 1,042 | 663 | $28K |
| D4341 | 4.2% | 608 | 180 | $28K | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.5% | 2,735 | 2,628 | $23K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 2.8% | 2,058 | 804 | $19K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 2.4% | 2,842 | 2,782 | $16K |
15 more codes
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.8% | 2,280 | $12K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.2% | 377 | $8K |
| D4910 | <1% | 52 | $4K | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 981 | $3K |
| D1310 | <1% | 307 | $2K | |
| D0350 | <1% | 166 | $2K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 356 | $1K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | <1% | 83 | $1K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 230 | $688.80 |
| D9430 | <1% | 299 | $544.00 | |
| D0603 | <1% | 106 | $210.00 | |
| D0270 | <1% | 241 | $65.00 | |
| D4921 | 0% | 807 | $0.00 | |
| D9993 | 0% | 34 | $0.00 | |
| D1330 | 0% | 1,989 | $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.