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How much does dental work cost?

Observed negotiated prices for 41 dental treatments across 52 states and 807 cities, taken from 1 payer file published under the federal Transparency in Coverage rule. Every figure shows its sample size. Nothing here is modelled from a national average.

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Updated 2026-11-02

Price observations

1,003,013

one per practice, per treatment

Practices located

41,963

38,132 to a city, rest to a state

Treatments priced

national distributions

Cities published

807

at or above the threshold

Observed dataObserved negotiated rates. Every figure here is a real negotiated amount taken from payer files published under the federal Transparency in Coverage rule. These are what a dental plan pays a contracted practice - not a cash price.

Estimated self-payEstimated self-pay range, not an observation. We do not have observed cash prices, and we will not present a modelled number as though we did. This range is the upper half of the same observed negotiated distribution, shown because an uninsured patient generally pays at or above the highest negotiated tier. Treat it as a budgeting aid and ask any practice for a written quote.

How much common dental work costs

Median negotiated prices across the US, from dental implant and crown costs to the price of a cleaning, filling or extraction. Click any treatment for prices in your state and city.

Dental implant cost$1,500typically $1,333–$1,710
Dental crown cost$839typically $710–$933
Molar root canal cost$786typically $684–$897
Teeth cleaning cost$68typically $58–$76
Tooth Filling cost$118typically $100–$137
Tooth extraction cost$110typically $90–$130
Impacted wisdom tooth removal cost$327typically $286–$374
Adult braces cost$4,350typically $3,823–$4,939
Upper denture cost$974typically $818–$1,130
Porcelain veneer cost$750typically $636–$869
Dental bridge cost$736typically $640–$828
Deep teeth cleaning cost$173typically $144–$199

Average cost of dental procedures

The range is the middle half of the market — the 25th to 75th percentile of what plans actually pay. A wide spread means the price you are quoted depends heavily on which practice you walk into.

Observed negotiated price ranges for six common treatments

Middle half (25th–75th)Median

Ranked by median price

Median negotiated price by treatment, highest first

Median of the observed distribution. The full range for each treatment is in the table below.

Every treatment, with its full range

Negotiated columns are observed. The self-pay column is an estimate derived from the upper half of the same distribution — see methodology. Column headings sort the table.
Treatment	Negotiated range Observed	Median	Practices (n)	Est. self-pay Estimated
Full braces, adult	$3,823 – $4,939	$4,350	19,400	$4,350 – $5,600
Full braces, teenager	$3,722 – $4,736	$4,200	18,905	$4,200 – $5,485
Implant post placed in the jaw	$1,333 – $1,710	$1,500	24,583	$1,500 – $1,978
Partial upper denture with metal frame	$912 – $1,212	$1,066	24,764	$1,066 – $1,369
Partial lower denture with metal frame	$914 – $1,208	$1,063	24,774	$1,063 – $1,366
Ceramic crown attached to an implant	$871 – $1,160	$1,013	23,647	$1,013 – $1,366
Full upper denture	$818 – $1,130	$974	24,901	$974 – $1,296
Full lower denture	$804 – $1,119	$972	24,826	$972 – $1,280
Ceramic crown on an implant abutment	$842 – $1,106	$962	23,810	$962 – $1,264
All-ceramic crown	$710 – $933	$839	24,987	$839 – $1,023
Porcelain-and-metal crown	$674 – $879	$788	25,129	$788 – $964
Root canal, molar	$684 – $897	$786	25,495	$786 – $996
Gum surgery (per quadrant)	$684 – $908	$780	25,581	$780 – $1,042
Porcelain veneer (per tooth)	$636 – $869	$750	23,813	$750 – $984
Bridge, porcelain-and-metal span unit	$640 – $828	$736	25,347	$736 – $916
Root canal, premolar	$542 – $715	$628	25,490	$628 – $798
Root canal, front tooth	$461 – $617	$538	25,305	$538 – $690
Hard night guard for grinding	$285 – $382	$336	22,543	$336 – $416
Fully-impacted wisdom tooth removal	$286 – $374	$327	25,234	$327 – $424
Bone graft at an implant site	$254 – $417	$317	21,933	$317 – $477
Partly-impacted wisdom tooth removal	$242 – $323	$281	25,595	$281 – $364
Surgical tooth extraction	$158 – $221	$190	25,389	$190 – $252
Core build-up under a crown	$142 – $200	$173	25,517	$173 – $225
Deep cleaning, four or more teeth per quadrant	$144 – $199	$173	25,278	$173 – $224
White filling, back tooth, two surfaces	$130 – $176	$153	25,042	$153 – $200
White filling, back tooth	$100 – $137	$118	24,954	$118 – $156
Silver filling, two surfaces	$95 – $129	$110	25,241	$110 – $148
Simple tooth extraction	$90 – $130	$110	25,410	$110 – $149
Deep cleaning, one to three teeth per quadrant	$88 – $131	$108	25,788	$108 – $154
White filling, front tooth	$91 – $124	$107	25,214	$107 – $139
Ongoing gum maintenance cleaning	$82 – $111	$96	25,251	$96 – $126
Full-mouth X-ray series	$84 – $106	$95	23,996	$95 – $118
Silver filling, one surface	$77 – $104	$89	24,980	$89 – $118
Emergency visit for dental pain	$58 – $84	$69	25,084	$69 – $99
Adult teeth cleaning	$58 – $76	$68	24,084	$68 – $84
Comprehensive exam (new patient)	$48 – $66	$58	24,548	$58 – $75
Child teeth cleaning	$44 – $56	$50	24,553	$50 – $61
Four bitewing X-rays	$39 – $50	$45	24,130	$45 – $55
Routine check-up (returning patient)	$31 – $41	$36	23,692	$36 – $46
Dental sealant (per tooth)	$33 – $42	$36	25,244	$36 – $46
Fluoride varnish treatment	$26 – $34	$29	23,556	$29 – $39

Most-searched dental procedure prices

Each page shows the national distribution, a state-by-state breakdown and what the fee does and does not include.

Most-searched treatments

Cross-section model of a dental implant in the jawbone beside a price tag and calculator

Dental implant costMedian $1,500 · 24,583 practices

Dental crown model on an implant post with a calculator and coins

Dental crown costMedian $839 · 24,987 practices

Jaw model fitted with metal braces next to a price tag and calculator

Adult braces costMedian $4,350 · 19,400 practices

Upper and lower denture models beside a calculator and coins

Upper denture costMedian $974 · 24,901 practices

A dentist matching a veneer shade against a patient's teeth

Porcelain veneer costMedian $750 · 23,813 practices

Cross-section model of a three-unit dental bridge beside a calculator

Dental bridge costMedian $736 · 25,347 practices

Anatomical jaw model with surgical instruments and a calculator

Tooth extraction costMedian $110 · 25,410 practices

Lower jaw model and dental instruments resting on a calculator with coins

Molar root canal costMedian $786 · 25,495 practices

Dental mirror, probe and toothbrush beside a calculator and coins

Teeth cleaning costMedian $68 · 24,084 practices

Model showing a crown being fitted to a dental implant

Implant crown costMedian $1,013 · 23,647 practices

Cross-section model of a full-arch implant bridge supported by four implants, with a price tag

Implant abutment crown costMedian $962 · 23,810 practices

Dental implant model beside a calculator and stacked coins

Dental bone graft costMedian $317 · 21,933 practices

Dental costs by type of treatment

Eleven guides covering what each group of treatments involves, what moves the price, and what is usually billed separately.

Check-ups, cleanings & X-rays

Gum disease treatment

Extractions & oral surgery

4 treatments priced

Braces & orthodontics

Dental costs by state

Every state where our source files contain enough located practices to publish. Each page compares local prices against the national distribution and lists the cities below it.

Published coverage by state. Gaps are real: they mean thin data, not a missing page.
State	Treatments priced	Cities published	Largest sample
Alabama	41	11	320
Alaska	41	1	47
Arizona	41	15	645
Arkansas	41	6	206
California	41	109	2,870
Colorado	41	17	614
Connecticut	41	14	377
Delaware	41	3	58
District of Columbia	41	1	145
Florida	41	62	1,749
Georgia	41	23	697
Hawaii	41	1	57
Idaho	41	5	152
Illinois	41	28	1,015
Indiana	41	15	461
Iowa	41	10	224
Kansas	41	10	255
Kentucky	41	7	460
Louisiana	41	12	343
Maine	41	1	60
Maryland	41	20	568
Massachusetts	41	25	773
Michigan	41	18	673
Minnesota	41	10	318
Mississippi	41	8	213
Missouri	41	16	490
Montana	41	1	61
Nebraska	41	4	187
Nevada	41	6	312
New Hampshire	41	0	66
New Jersey	41	34	1,022
New Mexico	41	4	161
New York	41	37	1,743
North Carolina	41	25	708
North Dakota	41	1	32
Ohio	41	24	902
Oklahoma	41	9	340
Oregon	41	9	274
Pennsylvania	41	33	1,339
Puerto Rico	41	0	34
Rhode Island	41	2	56
South Carolina	41	10	299
South Dakota	41	1	39
Tennessee	41	17	561
Texas	41	62	2,298
Utah	41	15	331
Vermont	41	0	18
Virginia	41	29	733
Washington	41	23	656
West Virginia	41	3	177
Wisconsin	41	9	357
Wyoming	41	1	38

Dental prices in major cities

The cities with the largest samples behind them. 807 cities are published in total — find the rest through the state pages.

How the numbers are built

1. Stream the payer files

Public machine-readable rate files, filtered to 41 treatment codes. Nothing is held whole; the files run to several GB each.

2. One practice, one vote

A practice holds many tiered rates per treatment. We collapse them to its median so it contributes exactly one observation — counting rows would inflate the sample roughly twentyfold.

3. Locate, then publish or withhold

Practices are placed via public CMS registries. Thin cells are withheld, outliers are dropped and the count is published.

What makes this different

Most dental cost sites publish a national average, multiply it by a state cost index, and present the result as a local price. It fills a page for every city, but it is an estimate wearing the clothes of an observation.

1,003,013 real observations, each one a practice, not a row.
Sample size on every figure. If n is small, you can see it.
37,640 outliers dropped and reported — these files contain placeholder values, and we say how many we removed.
Nothing published below threshold. We would rather have gaps than invent a local number.
Negotiated and self-pay never mixed, and the self-pay figure is always labelled an estimate.
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Guides to paying for dental work

Knowing the price is half of it. These cover the part that decides your actual bill.

Guides

Dental implant beside a briefcase, notebook and calculator, representing dental insurance paperwork

How dental insurance actually worksAnnual maximums, waiting periods, UCR limits and downgrades explained, with real negotiated prices showing what a typical plan leaves you to pay.

Calculator, dental implant and a piggy bank with coins

Paying for dental work without insuranceWhat uninsured patients actually pay, why it differs from negotiated rates, and the routes that genuinely reduce a dental bill.

Dental jaw model beside a wall clock, calculator and coins

Financing a large dental billPayment plans, medical credit cards, HSA and FSA money and in-house financing compared, including what each really costs.

Two dental implants with crowns beside a calculator and stacked coins

Dental savings plans versus insuranceA discount membership is not insurance.

Dental jaw model with implants and blank price tags next to a calculator

How to read a dental treatment planHow to check a quote line by line, which items are commonly missing, and the questions that change the total.

A dental implant separated into its three parts - post, abutment and crown - each labelled

Why dental prices vary so muchWhy the same treatment costs double at the practice down the road, and what that means for how you shop.

Take the data

The whole dataset is downloadable as CSV or JSON under a Creative Commons Attribution licence — 28,665 published price cells, each with its sample size, plus the full provenance metadata. If you think a figure here is wrong, this is how you check it.

Download the dataset

CSV and JSON, CC BY 4.0

Read the methodology

How every number was produced, and where it breaks down

See every source file

Nothing here comes from a source not on that page

Compare two places

Any two states or cities, side by side

Common questions

Where does this price data come from?

Payer machine-readable files published under the federal Transparency in Coverage rule (45 CFR 147.212). We stream those files, keep the 41 treatment codes people search for, and attribute each rate to a practice location using public CMS registries. Every source file is listed on the sources page.

Is this what I will pay at the dentist?

Not directly. These are negotiated in-network rates — what a dental plan pays a contracted practice. If you are uninsured you will generally be quoted at or above the top of each range. We show an estimated self-pay range, labelled as an estimate everywhere, because we do not observe cash prices and will not model one and present it as data. See paying without insurance.

How much does a dental implant cost?

The implant post has a median negotiated price of $1,500 nationally, but that is the foundation only. The crown and any abutment or bone graft are separate procedures with separate fees, which is why advertised implant prices look so low. See the full breakdown on how to read a treatment plan.

How much does a crown cost?

An all-ceramic crown has a median negotiated price of $839, with the middle half of the market running $710 to $933. A build-up underneath is often billed separately.

How much does a root canal cost?

The median negotiated price is $786 nationally, with the middle half of practices at $684 to $897. That is for a molar; front teeth cost less, and the crown that usually follows is billed separately. See molar root canal cost by state.

How much does a teeth cleaning cost without insurance?

The median negotiated price is $68 nationally, with the middle half of practices at $58 to $76. Uninsured patients are usually quoted at or above the top of that range. See teeth cleaning cost by state.

How much does a tooth extraction cost?

The median negotiated price is $110 nationally, with the middle half of practices at $90 to $130. Surgical and wisdom tooth extractions cost more. See tooth extraction cost by state.

How much do braces cost?

The median negotiated price is $4,350 nationally, with the middle half of practices at $3,823 to $4,939. That is full comprehensive treatment for an adult. See adult braces cost by state.

How much do dentures cost?

The median negotiated price is $974 nationally, with the middle half of practices at $818 to $1,130. That is per arch, for a full upper denture. See upper denture cost by state.

Why do you show a range instead of one average?

Because an average hides the thing that matters. Two markets with the same mean behave completely differently if one is tightly clustered and the other is not. The gap between the cheaper and dearer end of your local market is what shopping around is worth, and we state it in dollars on every city page.

Why is my city or treatment missing?

Because too few practices there met our publication threshold — 8 distinct practices for a city figure, 15 for a state. Below that we publish nothing rather than scaling a national average to look local. Gaps here are real, not oversights.

Can I download the data?

Yes, all of it, free, under a Creative Commons Attribution licence — see open data. Every figure carries its sample size so you can check our arithmetic.

Do you sell anything or take commission?

No. There is no advertising, no affiliate link and no sponsored placement anywhere on this site. That matters on a topic where most cost guides earn commission on the financing and insurance products they recommend.

A limitation worth stating up front: these prices currently come from a single payer's network. Standalone dental plans are exempt from the disclosure rule, so dedicated dental carriers publish nothing at all. That is a real selection effect and it is documented in full on the methodology page.