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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Hawaii 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?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In Hawaii, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,905$1,175 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,738 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $6,026Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $30 to $2,399
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $1,905

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,398.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,089.30
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,918.31
2 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
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,202.26
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$407.38

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii· 20th of 51

$1,905

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.