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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Louisiana 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?

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,820$1,479 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$2,455 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $1,820

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
$724.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,398.83
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
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
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$2,042

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.