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Tooth Nerve Vitality Test

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS D0460

A simple in-office test to check whether the nerve and blood supply inside a tooth are still alive and healthy, often using a cold stimulus, an electrical tester, or another method to see how the tooth responds. It helps determine whether a tooth needs root canal treatment or other care.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tooth Nerve Vitality Test cost?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $891 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$38.90$29.51 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$27.54 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $26 to $891Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $16 to $79
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $891professional $39

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.90
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$281.84
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$32.36
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$32.36
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$281.84

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in Minnesota than in South Dakota. 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.

Massachusetts· 4th of 51

$38.90

MN $75.86SD $10.96

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.