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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Massachusetts 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?

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 8 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$1,950$1,288 to $2,951
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$1,413 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $4,169
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,884professional $1,950

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
$1,318.26
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,890.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$16,595.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,265.80
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,951.21
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,182.57
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$16,595.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in California than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $1,950 · 23rd of 51
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.