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Extensive Surgery To Rebuild The Gum Ridge For Dentures

Alabama rates for HCPCS 40845

This surgery reshapes the tissue around the tooth-bearing ridge of the jaw and repositions the muscle attachments in the mouth, combined in a single, more extensive procedure to create a better foundation for wearing dentures. It is generally reserved for cases where the ridge and surrounding tissue need significant rebuilding, more than a simpler adjustment would address. The goal is to improve the fit and stability of a denture afterward.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Extensive Surgery To Rebuild The Gum Ridge For Dentures cost?

$6,671

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,671 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,660$1,413 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$2,884 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $5,129Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,951
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $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
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
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
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alabama· 11th of 51

$6,671

$1,660 physician + $5,012 facility

AK $12,311KY $3,892

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.