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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Mississippi 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?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,291 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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 5 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$2,291$1,380 to $3,020
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,096 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,413Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $4,074
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $2,291

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
$870.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,290.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 20th of 51

$2,138

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.