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Western Dental Services, INC.

Western Dental Services, INC. was paid $3.15M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 30 billing codes. Its largest line is D0150, Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient — 15% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93301
33aNPI1750437018assigned 01/26/2007
28Total paid$3.15M
24GClaims63,676
24DCodes billed30
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California

Rank by total paid#179 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median18×

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$25K$50K$75K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201811,033$478K
201912,767$634K
20207,243$313K
20218,289$386K
202210,661$554K
20238,121$464K
2024incomplete5,562$323K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 15% 7,551 7,530 $474K
D7210 Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth 12% 3,265 1,640 $386K
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images 9.4% 6,267 6,247 $296K
D4341 8.3% 3,822 1,327 $263K
D2150 Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent 8.0% 3,753 2,531 $252K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 7.7% 4,689 4,673 $242K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 7.1% 2,580 2,569 $224K
D8670 Periodic orthodontic treatment visit 5.2% 584 584 $165K
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image 4.3% 6,304 6,103 $136K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 3.4% 5,184 5,161 $107K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 3.3% 2,810 2,794 $105K
D2140 2.9% 1,653 1,182 $90K
18 more codes
D1206 Topical application of fluoride varnish 2.1% 4,650 $67K
D4342 1.7% 1,311 $55K
D4910 1.7% 707 $53K
D2160 1.2% 488 $39K
D2751 Crown - porcelain fused to predominantly base metal 1.2% 83 $39K
D7140 Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root 1.1% 612 $35K
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 1.0% 490 $33K
D0350 <1% 2,223 $20K
D1351 Sealant - per tooth <1% 868 $18K
D0140 Limited oral evaluation - problem focused <1% 404 $14K
D2391 Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent <1% 250 $14K
D2330 <1% 117 $9K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image <1% 424 $6K
D1208 Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish <1% 518 $4K
D2393 Resin-based composite - three surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent <1% 33 $3K
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images <1% 153 $2K
D1999 0% 581 $0.00
D1330 0% 1,302 $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)
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.Cathedral City, CA$3.10M

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.