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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

New Jersey 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?

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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$1,479$1,230 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$6,026 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $3,981
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,479

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
$2,089.30
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,388.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 38th of 51

$1,585

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.