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Follow-Up Problem Evaluation

Minnesota rates for HCPCS D0170

A short follow-up visit to check on a specific problem the dentist has already been treating or watching, such as reassessing a healing area or symptom that hasn't fully resolved. It is not used for a routine check-up or for checking healing right after a surgical procedure, which is handled separately. It's a targeted recheck rather than a full exam.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Follow-Up Problem Evaluation cost?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$110$72.44 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$21.88 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $19 to $589Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $19 to $110
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $25professional $110

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Minnesota than in New Mexico. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$110

MN $110NM $19.05

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.