Dental
Western Dental Service, INC
Western Dental Service, INC was paid $5.82M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 36 billing codes. Its largest line is D0120, dental checkup, returning patient — 21% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICE, INC
EAGLE ROCK, CA 90041
EAGLE ROCK, CA 90041
33aNPI1881110351assigned 08/16/2017
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$5.82M
24GClaims190,155
24DCodes billed36
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Dentist providers in California
Rank by total paid#84 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median31×
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 | 38,206 | $778K | |
| 2019 | 34,095 | $991K | |
| 2020 | 17,152 | $514K | |
| 2021 | 24,332 | $669K | |
| 2022 | 28,451 | $1.07M | |
| 2023 | 25,788 | $955K | |
| 2024incomplete | 22,131 | $845K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0120 | Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient | 21% | 21,199 | 21,098 | $1.21M |
| D1120 | Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child | 19% | 28,154 | 27,957 | $1.08M |
| D1351 | Sealant - per tooth | 7.8% | 16,225 | 4,505 | $455K |
| D0230 | Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image | 7.6% | 28,337 | 24,766 | $442K |
| D2150 | Silver amalgam - two surfaces, primary or permanent | 4.3% | 3,727 | 2,038 | $249K |
| D1208 | Topical application of fluoride, excluding varnish | 4.2% | 22,232 | 22,066 | $244K |
| D1310 | 4.1% | 5,337 | 5,321 | $240K | |
| D8670 | Periodic orthodontic treatment visit | 3.8% | 754 | 752 | $219K |
| D0150 | Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient | 3.4% | 3,958 | 3,948 | $196K |
| D7140 | Extraction, erupted tooth or exposed root | 3.3% | 3,386 | 2,017 | $193K |
| D9230 | Inhalation of nitrous oxide / analgesia, anxiolysis | 3.0% | 4,606 | 4,516 | $174K |
| D9993 | 2.8% | 2,625 | 2,625 | $165K |
24 more codes
| D0274 | Bitewings - four radiographic images | 2.7% | 7,527 | $157K |
| D0272 | Bitewings - two radiographic images | 2.1% | 10,728 | $125K |
| D2140 | 2.1% | 2,270 | $123K | |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | 1.8% | 4,872 | $107K |
| D2930 | Prefabricated stainless steel crown - primary tooth | 1.2% | 610 | $72K |
| D0350 | 1.1% | 6,188 | $63K | |
| D0140 | Limited oral evaluation - problem focused | <1% | 1,680 | $57K |
| D0603 | <1% | 3,666 | $54K | |
| D3220 | Therapeutic pulpotomy (excluding final restoration) - removal of pulp coronal to the dentinocemental junction | <1% | 468 | $46K |
| D0220 | Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image | <1% | 3,740 | $44K |
| D0145 | Oral evaluation for a patient under three years of age | <1% | 502 | $28K |
| D0210 | Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images | <1% | 451 | $21K |
| D2391 | Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 265 | $14K |
| D2392 | Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent | <1% | 169 | $11K |
| D1320 | <1% | 1,028 | $9K | |
| D9430 | <1% | 118 | $3K | |
| D0601 | <1% | 224 | $3K | |
| D0330 | Panoramic radiographic image | <1% | 108 | $3K |
| D2160 | <1% | 36 | $3K | |
| D0602 | <1% | 136 | $2K | |
| D2330 | <1% | 15 | $1K | |
| D1999 | <1% | 1,549 | $966.00 | |
| D9248 | <1% | 27 | $700.00 | |
| D1330 | 0% | 3,238 | $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 OPERATIONS 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.