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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

North Carolina 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?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,660 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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$1,660$1,380 to $2,399
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,479 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $11,482Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $3,548
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,042professional $1,660

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,884.03
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$42,657.95
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$12,882.50

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 35th of 51

$1,660

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.