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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

North Dakota 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?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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$2,570$1,514 to $3,090
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$1,175 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $3,548
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $2,570

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
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 11th of 51

$2,570

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.