Dental
Western Dental Services, INC.
Western Dental Services, INC. was paid $361K by Medicaid between May 2019 and Dec 2023, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is D1120, dental cleaning, child — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.
OCEANSIDE, CA 92058
OCEANSIDE, CA 92058
33aNPI1568920403assigned 03/11/2019
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$361K
24GClaims9,771
24DCodes billed21
24AFirst – last monthMay 2019 – Dec 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#905 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median1.9×
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 | 678 | $26K | |
| 2020 | 1,401 | $52K | |
| 2021 | 3,444 | $123K | |
| 2022 | 2,448 | $90K | |
| 2023 | 1,800 | $70K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 18% | 1,643 | 1,641 | $65K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 17% | 953 | 952 | $63K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 13% | 696 | 694 | $47K |
| D1310 | 9.7% | 792 | 792 | $35K | |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 8.6% | 1,538 | 1,454 | $31K |
| D9993 | 7.3% | 426 | 426 | $26K | |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 5.4% | 966 | 965 | $19K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 3.2% | 119 | 51 | $12K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 3.2% | 242 | 242 | $12K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 3.0% | 275 | 252 | $11K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.5% | 777 | 771 | $9K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 2.2% | 65 | 25 | $8K |
9 more codes
| D0603 | 1.8% | 460 | $7K | |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 1.6% | 541 | $6K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.3% | 70 | $5K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | <1% | 49 | $3K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 62 | $1K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | <1% | 46 | $836.00 |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 12 | $708.00 |
| D0601 | <1% | 27 | $405.00 | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 12 | $144.00 |
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.