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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Vermont 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?

$1,514

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,259 to $1,549.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $2,399
$500$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $1,514

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 44th of 51

$1,514

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.