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Tooth Nerve Vitality Test

Oregon 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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$21.38$18.62 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$23.44 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $20 to $40Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $18 to $27
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $35professional $21

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.92
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$60.26
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$43.65
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$43.65
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$79.43

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 17th of 51

$21.38

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.