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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Illinois 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?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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 6 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$1,549$1,259 to $2,291
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$1,738 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,951
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,754professional $1,549

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
$1,230.27
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$19,952.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,370.32
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 28th of 51

$1,820

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.