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Quick Dental Screening

California rates for HCPCS D0190

A brief visual check meant to spot obvious problems and decide whether a fuller dental exam is needed. It's shorter and less detailed than a complete exam, and is sometimes used in settings like schools or community programs, or as a quick first look before more thorough care.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Quick Dental Screening cost?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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 7 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$13.18$10.72 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$11.75 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $33Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $62
$10$20$50$100facility $16professional $13

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
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$16.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.12
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$93.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$26.92
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.18

Where California sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Minnesota than in Vermont. 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.

California· 15th of 51

$13.80

MN $70.79VT $10.72

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.