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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Minnesota 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?

$3,090

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,090 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$3,090$2,188 to $4,074
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,445 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $10,965Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $5,623
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $3,090

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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$22,387.21
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,456.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,165.95
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,370.32
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$151.36

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$3,090

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.