Dental
Western Dental Services, INC.
Western Dental Services, INC. was paid $1.58M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 30 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 20% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.
WATSONVILLE, CA 95076
WATSONVILLE, CA 95076
33aNPI1548598972assigned 11/23/2009
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$1.58M
24GClaims37,159
24DCodes billed30
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#347 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median8.5×
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 AVALOS, CINDY 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 | 9,104 | $359K | |
| 2019 | 7,048 | $310K | |
| 2020 | 4,583 | $188K | |
| 2021 | 4,320 | $177K | |
| 2022 | 4,866 | $219K | |
| 2023 | 4,042 | $183K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,196 | $140K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 20% | 1,165 | 1,164 | $318K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 16% | 4,158 | 4,152 | $256K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 13% | 3,934 | 3,922 | $203K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 12% | 4,123 | 4,106 | $193K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 6.4% | 4,939 | 4,706 | $100K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 5.1% | 2,340 | 2,329 | $80K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 4.7% | 3,602 | 3,584 | $75K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 4.4% | 1,035 | 611 | $69K |
| D2140 | 3.4% | 990 | 623 | $54K | |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 2.5% | 528 | 528 | $39K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 2.3% | 3,364 | 3,345 | $37K |
| D0350 | 1.4% | 2,411 | 1,322 | $22K |
18 more codes
| D9910 | 1.3% | 360 | $21K | |
| D9430 | 1.2% | 570 | $18K | |
| D4910 | <1% | 215 | $14K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 400 | $14K |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 932 | $12K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | <1% | 102 | $12K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 149 | $8K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | <1% | 436 | $7K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | <1% | 143 | $5K |
| D4342 | <1% | 115 | $5K | |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 418 | $5K |
| D4341 | <1% | 55 | $4K | |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 43 | $3K |
| D2160 | <1% | 18 | $1K | |
| D2330 | <1% | 17 | $1K | |
| D0270 | <1% | 43 | $200.00 | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 12 | $144.00 |
| D1999 | 0% | 542 | $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 officialAVALOS, CINDY (PPO COORDINATOR)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Indio, CA | $5.63M |
| Western Dental Services, INC | Apple Valley, CA | $3.83M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | El Centro, CA | $3.39M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | El Cerrito, CA | $2.34M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Antioch, CA | $2.33M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Banning, CA | $2.31M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Manteca, CA | $2.21M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Manteca, CA | $2.13M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Murrieta, CA | $2.02M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Salinas, CA | $1.96M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Palm Springs, CA | $1.81M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Vacaville, CA | $1.80M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | National City, CA | $1.66M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Santa Rosa, CA | $1.21M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Vallejo, CA | $1.11M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Santa Cruz, CA | $1.07M |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Riverside, CA | $425K |
| Adelante Behavioral Health, LLC | Fullerton, CA | $339K |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Salinas, CA | $243K |
| Western Dental Services, INC. | Claremont, CA | $134K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.