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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

South Dakota 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?

$2,692

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,692 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,692$2,138 to $3,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,660 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $3,802Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $4,169
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $2,692

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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,754.23
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,168.69
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,168.69
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
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 6th of 51

$2,692

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.