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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Nebraska 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?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,995 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,995$1,514 to $2,630
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$2,455 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $3,548
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $1,995

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
$1,380.38
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$19,952.62
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$11,220.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
6 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 15th of 51

$2,089

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.