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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Virginia 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?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,514$1,288 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$2,138 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,291
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $1,514

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
$1,548.82
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,290.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,630.27
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
$616.60
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th of 51

$1,549

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.