Dental
Western Dental Services, INC.
Western Dental Services, INC. was paid $4.15M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 33 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 15% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.
MERCED, CA 95348
MERCED, CA 95348
33aNPI1477608420assigned 01/23/2007
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$4.15M
24GClaims90,136
24DCodes billed33
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#124 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median22×
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 | 22,661 | $899K | |
| 2019 | 17,173 | $808K | |
| 2020 | 8,081 | $399K | |
| 2021 | 11,639 | $528K | |
| 2022 | 12,603 | $607K | |
| 2023 | 8,889 | $438K | |
| 2024incomplete | 9,090 | $468K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 15% | 2,200 | 2,198 | $618K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 14% | 4,747 | 2,203 | $560K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 13% | 8,492 | 8,468 | $520K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 9.9% | 8,571 | 8,539 | $411K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 9.1% | 8,074 | 8,040 | $379K |
| D4341 | 6.1% | 3,708 | 1,183 | $254K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 4.1% | 9,987 | 8,680 | $169K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.3% | 2,529 | 1,321 | $138K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 3.3% | 4,048 | 4,041 | $136K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 3.1% | 6,517 | 6,422 | $130K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 2.8% | 1,719 | 1,145 | $115K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 2.5% | 1,827 | 548 | $104K |
21 more codes
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 2.2% | 1,339 | $89K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 1.6% | 5,307 | $67K |
| D4910 | 1.4% | 780 | $59K | |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 1.4% | 747 | $59K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | 1.3% | 2,409 | $55K |
| D4342 | 1.3% | 1,283 | $54K | |
| D0350 | 1.2% | 5,605 | $52K | |
| D2140 | 1.2% | 948 | $51K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 1,131 | $39K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | <1% | 1,790 | $37K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | <1% | 255 | $10K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 748 | $8K |
| D9430 | <1% | 255 | $8K | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 719 | $7K |
| D9910 | <1% | 173 | $7K | |
| D2160 | <1% | 79 | $6K | |
| D2393 | Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 37 | $3K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | <1% | 17 | $2K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 17 | $2K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 13 | $130.00 |
| D1330 | 0% | 4,065 | $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. | 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 |
| 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.