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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Arizona 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 October 2026.

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

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,413 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,413$1,202 to $2,188
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$1,549 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,710
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,311professional $1,413

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$16,595.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$977.24

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Arizona· 37th of 51

$1,585

AK $6,026TX $1,148

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.