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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Florida 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?

$1,413

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $7,586 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$1,288$1,096 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,586$2,884 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $15,488Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,042
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $1,288

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
$1,047.13
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,819.70
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,754.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 50th of 51

$1,413

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.