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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Tennessee 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?

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,660 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,660$1,349 to $2,512
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,291 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $10,965
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $1,660

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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,162.28
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
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 18th of 51

$2,042

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.