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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Utah 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?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,862 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 7 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$1,862$1,549 to $3,162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$3,162 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $4,365
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,571professional $1,862

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,630.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$3,090.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$17,782.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,388.44
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 21st of 51

$2,089

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.