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Tooth Nerve Vitality Test

Washington 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $26.92 to $47.86.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $28 to $7,762Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $16 to $52
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $41professional $27

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
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$7,762.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$60.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 8th of 51

$30.90

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.