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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Connecticut 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 Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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 5 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$1,905$1,479 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$6,607 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $4,571 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $3,802
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $8,511professional $1,905

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
$4,365.16
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$16,595.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 12th 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.