Dental
Western Dental Services, INC.
Western Dental Services, INC. was paid $5.84M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jan 2024, across 32 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 14% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.
MODESTO, CA 95350
MODESTO, CA 95350
33aNPI1831245232assigned 01/26/2007
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Dentistry
28Total paid$5.84M
24GClaims167,994
24DCodes billed32
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jan 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Dentistry providers in California
Rank by total paid#92 of 2,668
Median peer was paid$173K
This provider vs. median34×
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 | 35,961 | $997K | |
| 2019 | 36,442 | $1.20M | |
| 2020 | 21,686 | $793K | |
| 2021 | 29,765 | $1.08M | |
| 2022 | 27,167 | $1.12M | |
| 2023 | 16,712 | $638K | |
| 2024incomplete | 261 | $11K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 14% | 16,198 | 16,144 | $830K |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 14% | 22,487 | 22,392 | $808K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 8.1% | 21,287 | 20,607 | $476K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 6.6% | 9,771 | 8,842 | $383K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 6.4% | 3,124 | 1,950 | $371K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 6.2% | 5,414 | 3,381 | $363K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 5.9% | 6,075 | 3,620 | $348K |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 5.2% | 12,158 | 3,652 | $306K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 5.1% | 4,626 | 4,617 | $297K |
| D1310 | 4.7% | 6,174 | 6,148 | $274K | |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | 4.3% | 2,553 | 1,571 | $253K |
| D9993 | 3.8% | 3,606 | 3,605 | $222K |
20 more codes
| D2140 | 3.3% | 3,594 | $195K | |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 3.2% | 16,121 | $188K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 3.0% | 16,535 | $178K |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 2.0% | 5,671 | $117K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | 1.2% | 1,144 | $70K |
| D0350 | <1% | 4,493 | $44K | |
| D0601 | <1% | 2,765 | $41K | |
| D0603 | <1% | 2,674 | $39K | |
| D1510 | <1% | 84 | $14K | |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 766 | $9K |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 136 | $5K |
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | <1% | 201 | $4K |
| D2330 | <1% | 33 | $3K | |
| D0602 | <1% | 161 | $2K | |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 31 | $2K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 22 | $1K |
| D9430 | <1% | 38 | $1K | |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 12 | $480.00 |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 12 | $360.00 |
| D1999 | 0% | 28 | $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. | 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 |
| 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.