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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Iowa 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?

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,512 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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$2,512$1,660 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,631 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $12,882Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $7,244
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $2,512

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
$1,949.84
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$14,791.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,709.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,715.35
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$2,818

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.