Dental
Western Dental Services, INC.
Western Dental Services, INC. was paid $954K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 22 billing codes. Its largest line is D0150, Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient — 26% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.
CARSON, CA 90745
CARSON, CA 90745
33aNPI1548701378assigned 03/13/2017
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$954K
24GClaims29,546
24DCodes billed22
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#519 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median5.1×
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
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 | 3,207 | $116K | |
| 2019 | 3,619 | $153K | |
| 2020 | 3,563 | $115K | |
| 2021 | 4,883 | $143K | |
| 2022 | 6,051 | $166K | |
| 2023 | 5,030 | $156K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,193 | $105K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 26% | 4,091 | 4,032 | $245K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 16% | 3,604 | 3,551 | $151K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 12% | 2,552 | 2,364 | $111K |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | 11% | 1,493 | 1,419 | $108K |
| D7210 | Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth | 7.3% | 697 | 319 | $69K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 6.9% | 4,556 | 3,551 | $65K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 5.3% | 3,548 | 3,439 | $51K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 4.7% | 1,276 | 1,256 | $45K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 4.5% | 2,612 | 2,469 | $43K |
| D4341 | 2.3% | 388 | 148 | $22K | |
| D4910 | 1.7% | 263 | 263 | $16K | |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.6% | 251 | 138 | $15K |
10 more codes
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 275 | $3K |
| D9999 | Unspecified adjunctive procedure, by report | <1% | 76 | $3K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 272 | $2K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | <1% | 187 | $2K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | <1% | 23 | $2K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 28 | $1K |
| D0350 | <1% | 53 | $508.80 | |
| D1330 | 0% | 1,663 | $0.00 | |
| D4346 | 0% | 137 | $0.00 | |
| D4921 | 0% | 1,501 | $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 OPERATIONS 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.