Dental
Western Dental Services, INC.
Western Dental Services, INC. was paid $1.85M by Medicaid between Feb 2019 and Dec 2024, across 31 billing codes. Its largest line is D0150, Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient — 14% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.
SAN DIEGO, CA 92115
SAN DIEGO, CA 92115
33aNPI1689141780assigned 10/26/2018
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$1.85M
24GClaims45,808
24DCodes billed31
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#305 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median10.0×
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 | 9,393 | $382K | |
| 2020 | 6,103 | $246K | |
| 2021 | 9,231 | $361K | |
| 2022 | 8,189 | $348K | |
| 2023 | 6,682 | $262K | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,210 | $248K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 14% | 4,010 | 3,995 | $266K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 12% | 5,521 | 5,494 | $220K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 9.0% | 2,907 | 1,383 | $166K |
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 8.7% | 2,433 | 2,412 | $162K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 6.9% | 1,066 | 561 | $128K |
| D1310 | 5.6% | 2,426 | 2,415 | $104K | |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 5.6% | 2,642 | 2,452 | $103K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 5.5% | 4,731 | 4,610 | $101K |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 5.0% | 934 | 492 | $93K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 4.0% | 4,588 | 4,571 | $74K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | 3.8% | 1,456 | 1,455 | $70K |
| D9993 | 3.5% | 1,129 | 1,129 | $65K |
19 more codes
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | 3.0% | 829 | $56K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 2.3% | 628 | $42K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | 1.8% | 625 | $34K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 1.7% | 2,643 | $31K |
| D0601 | 1.7% | 2,176 | $31K | |
| D0350 | 1.1% | 1,970 | $20K | |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 795 | $17K |
| D2140 | <1% | 303 | $17K | |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 234 | $15K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | <1% | 1,002 | $14K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | <1% | 345 | $9K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 161 | $6K |
| D4341 | <1% | 48 | $3K | |
| D1110 | Prophylaxis - adult | <1% | 26 | $2K |
| D0602 | <1% | 75 | $930.00 | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 27 | $324.00 |
| D0603 | <1% | 16 | $235.00 | |
| D4921 | 0% | 47 | $0.00 | |
| D1330 | 0% | 15 | $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.