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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Alabama 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?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,291 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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 4 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$2,291$1,349 to $2,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$1,660 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $7,079Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $3,020
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $2,291

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 13th of 51

$2,344

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.