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Extensive Surgery To Rebuild The Gum Ridge For Dentures

Colorado 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?

$10,553

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,553 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,042$1,622 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$3,802 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $15,488Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $2,042

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
$2,187.76
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,630.27
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,630.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,691.53
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,090.30
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
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$10,553

$2,042 physician + $8,511 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.