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Deepening The Gum Groove To Help Dentures Fit

Wyoming 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?

$3,981

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,890 from a physician practice, and about $6,310 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,890$3,090 to $5,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,310$5,495 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $4,467 to $7,586Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $6,026
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,310professional $3,890

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 3rd of 51

$3,981

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.