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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 July 2026.

How much does Quick Dental Screening cost?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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 5 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$20.42$16.22 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$12.59 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $26Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $11 to $38
$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $20

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
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$40.74
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 2nd of 51

$20.42

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.