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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 October 2026.

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

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,259$851 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$1,950 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $151 to $2,512
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $1,259

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
$851.14
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,454.71
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,548.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,754.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 45th of 51

$1,445

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.