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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 July 2026.

How much does Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit cost?

$3,162

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,090 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 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$3,090$2,291 to $4,266
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$4,266 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $17,783Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $5,495
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $3,090

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
$1,096.48
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,606.93
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,748.98
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,623.41

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$3,162

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.