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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Colorado 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?

$2,188

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 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 7 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$1,549$1,230 to $2,042
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$3,802 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $17,378Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $2,818
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $1,549

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
$1,548.82
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,884.03
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,677.35
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,467.37
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 19th of 51

$2,188

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.