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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Alaska rates for HCPCS 40844

Surgery that deepens the groove between the lip or cheek and the jaw ridge, giving a denture more ridge to grip. It is done when years without teeth have left the ridge too flat and shallow for a denture to stay in place.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit cost?

$4,786

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,786 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,898 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 6 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$4,898$2,630 to $6,607
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$1,622 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $10,715Professionalmedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $8,318
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $4,898

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$4,786

CA $6,607DE $1,349

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.