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Quick Dental Screening

North Carolina 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 October 2026.

How much does Quick Dental Screening cost?

$22.91

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $20.42 to $30.90.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $13 to $15Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $15 to $38
$20facility $13professional $23

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$40.74
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$1.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$1.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$1.91

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Missouri than in Arkansas. 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.

North Carolina· 17th of 51

$22.91

MO $100AR $8.13

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.