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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Nevada 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 Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 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$1,585$1,230 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$1,585 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $3,311
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,981professional $1,585

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
$1,230.27
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,398.83
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,570.40
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,398.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 39th 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.