Costs & payment
There are three ways to pay for the same visit, and which one is cheapest depends on your situation rather than on ours. This page lays out all three, what we can tell you about price before you are in the chair, and what we can only tell you after the exam.
Pick the one that suits you. A single visit is billed one way or another, never two at once.
Two published self-pay prices cover getting seen in the first place.
We accept most major PPO plans and Medicare, file claims on your behalf, and verify your benefits before the visit so the estimate you see already accounts for them. We do not accept HMO plans (DMO or DHMO) or public insurance.
For patients with no dental benefits. Standard Plan is $350 a year ($300 for each additional member), and the Perio Plan is $450 for patients with gum disease. No waiting periods, no deductibles, full benefits the day you sign up.
Self-pay pricing is for patients paying out of pocket. It cannot be combined with insurance benefits or the membership plan. Having dental insurance does not disqualify you: you can still pay out of pocket without filing a claim, though if you have benefits they are usually the better deal and we apply them automatically. See full terms on our specials page.
Exact figures need a look in your mouth, but how treatments rank against each other does not change. Least expensive at the top.
Cosmetic treatment is rarely covered by insurance and is quoted as self-pay. Treatment that restores function or repairs damage usually is covered at least in part, and is often FSA or HSA eligible. Each service page says which category its treatment falls into.
The questions we are asked most often before a first visit, answered as precisely as they can be answered without seeing your mouth.
Clear aligner treatment is priced per case rather than per tray, and two things move the number: how far the teeth have to travel, and how long you are in treatment. A minor relapse case after braces years ago sits at the bottom of the range. A case needing six to eighteen months of movement with several rounds of refinement sits at the top. Dental plans with an orthodontic benefit often contribute, and that benefit is usually a lifetime maximum rather than an annual one, so it applies once. The consultation, including the 3D scan and the on-screen preview of the result, is free, and the case price is in writing before anything is ordered.
A crown's price depends on the material and on how much healthy tooth is left to build on. A crown over a largely intact tooth is the straightforward case. The same tooth costs more when it needs a root canal and a core buildup first, because you are then paying for three procedures rather than one, and we quote those separately so you can see which part is which. Crowns that restore function or repair damage are usually covered at least in part by dental insurance, unlike anything purely cosmetic.
Veneers are the highest cost per tooth on the cosmetic menu and are usually placed across several teeth at once, so the case total is the figure that matters. A full smile makeover typically runs from several thousand dollars into the low five figures. Veneers are elective, so insurance does not contribute. This is also the treatment where it is most worth asking about the alternative: Bioclear composite sits below porcelain per tooth and is often the conservative answer to a case quoted elsewhere as veneers.
A single implant typically falls between $3,000 and $6,000 from start to finish, covering the post, the abutment, and the crown. What moves it inside that range is what has to happen underneath: an extraction, bone grafting, or a sinus lift each add to the total, and a site with healthy bone is at the low end. Bone volume is measurable from a cone-beam scan rather than a matter of opinion, which is why a second opinion is worth getting if you have been told you need grafting.
This spans the widest range of anything here, because three quite different treatments share the word. A conventional complete denture is the most affordable way to replace a full arch. An implant-supported overdenture costs more because you are paying for implants as well as the denture. A fixed full-arch bridge on four implants is the highest, and it is the only one of the three that stays in your mouth overnight. Dentures are usually covered at least in part; the implant portion often is not.
Whitening is the least expensive cosmetic treatment by a wide margin, and it is the one case where the membership plan changes the answer outright: both plans include a take-home kit, so members are not paying separately for it. In-office whitening costs more than a take-home kit and works faster. Neither is covered by insurance, since whitening is elective.
Good to know
After the exam and any x-rays, you get a written treatment plan that prices each option separately, including the cost of doing nothing where that is a reasonable choice. If you have benefits, they are verified first, so the estimate shows the expected coverage and the balance to you rather than a list price you then have to decode.
Nothing is booked at that visit unless you ask. If the plan is more than you want to take on right now, we sequence it: the part that is urgent gets treated, and the rest stays planned and priced for later. Larger cases can be spread over monthly payments through CareCredit or Cherry.
Looking for the price of a first visit or an emergency visit? Those are on the specials page. Already have a bill? Pay it online.
Financing for implants, full-arch cases, and larger cosmetic work runs through CareCredit and Cherry, with promotional no-interest periods for patients who qualify.
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