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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,413 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,413$1,175 to $1,622
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,585 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $955 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,344
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $1,413

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
$1,047.13
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,818.38
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,456.54
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,466.84
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,511.89
10 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
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 44th of 51

$1,479

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.