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Tooth Nerve Vitality Test

Wisconsin 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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 8 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$26.30$18.20 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$18.20 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $15 to $65Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $15 to $79
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $38professional $26

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
$15.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$18.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$120.23
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$57.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$64.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$57.54
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$64.57
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$891.25
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$46.77

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 12th of 51

$26.30

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.