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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Oregon 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 Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,512 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 8 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$2,512$1,995 to $3,311
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$2,239 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $4,169
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $2,512

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
$2,951.21
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,981.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,890.45
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,890.45
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,951.21
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,801.89
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$23,442.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$22,908.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 10th 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.