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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Montana 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?

$2,239

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,188 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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$2,188$1,778 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$1,995 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $2,818Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $6,457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $2,188

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,818.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,818.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,019.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 15th of 51

$2,239

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.