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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 October 2026.

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

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 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 $1,479 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,570$2,089 to $3,236
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$1,175 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $4,467Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $3,890
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,479professional $2,570

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,818.38
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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· 8th of 51

$2,570

AK $6,026TX $1,148

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.