Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Western Dental Services, INC.

Western Dental Services, INC. was paid $277K by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Jul 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is D8670, Periodic orthodontic treatment visit — 75% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.
CERES, CA 95307
33aNPI1700392487assigned 12/18/2017
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$277K
24GClaims2,778
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Jul 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in California

Rank by total paid#1,004 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median1.5×

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 TAKKAR, PREET controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$10K$20K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2018544$18K
2019786$86K
2020439$60K
2021327$78K
2022382$24K
2023227$8K
2024incomplete73$2K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D8670 Periodic orthodontic treatment visit 75% 731 730 $208K
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused 21% 1,661 1,661 $57K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image 4.0% 386 382 $11K

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)
Same official

Other billing entities under TAKKAR, PREET

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ProviderLocationPaid
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.