Dental costs in Alabama: implants, crowns, braces and more
Alabama Medicaid pays dentists for patients under 21 only, so every Alabama estimate is built from children's fees; braces for a teenager come to $2,450.
You pay for crown in Alabama
$422
$793 billed, $372 paid by the plan.
| Estimated dentist charge (full fee) | $1,317 |
| Estimated in-network price | $793 |
| Plan pays (50 % after deductible) | $372 |
| Deductible | $50 |
| Alabama Medicaid fee, same codes (2024) | $538 |
Estimate: Alabama Medicaid fee ÷ 46.4 % (Medicaid pay as a share of dentists' charges, ADA HPI 2024; Alabama lists these codes for patients under 21 only, so its children's fees and children's ratio are used). Brought to September 2026 with the dental services price index (BLS). Not a quote.
| CDT code | Service | Count | Medicaid fee, 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| D2740 | Crown, porcelain or ceramic | 1 | $537.60 |
Compiled by Radif Partners · How prices are estimated · Alabama Medicaid dental program (fee-for-service; EPSDT recipients under 21) fee schedule, ADA ratios of Alabama · not a quote
Comprehensive braces for a teenager are estimated at $2,450 in Alabama, a porcelain crown at $1,317, a molar root canal at $1,617 and a full set of upper and lower dentures at $3,057, in September 2026 dollars before any dental plan. The starting point is the Alabama Medicaid dental fee schedule, which lists its amounts for recipients under 21, because the state's Medicaid program generally does not cover adult dental care; the American Dental Association's 2024 study accordingly gives Alabama a ratio for children only. That ratio says the program paid 46.4 % of what Alabama dentists charge for children's care, above the national 39.2 %, and 75.0 % of what private plans pay. Dividing the children's fees by those shares gives the full fee and the network price, and the same pair prices the adult procedures.
A children's schedule that prices adult work
The Alabama Medicaid dental fee schedule prints one allowed amount per code, for recipients under 21. Adult dental care is generally outside the program, and the ADA's 2024 study, which classes Alabama's adult benefit as none, has no adult ratio for the state. A crown, a root canal or a denture for an adult is therefore estimated here from the children's fee for the same code divided by the children's ratio, so that the fee and the ratio describe the same patients. The method page explains why that pairing matters.
The base is the edition updated on May 1, 2024, which stayed posted until the edition of October 1, 2025; for every code read here the two print the same amount. Several codes need prior authorization in the schedule, among them deep cleaning, dentures, bridges, the removal of impacted teeth and comprehensive orthodontics, which says nothing about the price but explains why such work is planned in advance.
An Alabama procedure, with or without a plan
You pay for braces, teen in Alabama
$763
| Estimated dentist charge (full fee) | $2,450 |
| Estimated in-network price | $1,476 |
| Plan pays (50 % after deductible) | $713 |
| Deductible | $50 |
Braces: the orthodontic code Alabama lists
Comprehensive orthodontic treatment of an adolescent, code D8080, is paid $1,000 in the schedule. Divided by the children's ratio and carried to September 2026, that becomes $2,450 as a typical full fee and $1,476 at a typical network price. A plan built like the Covered California example pays medically necessary orthodontics for children at half after a $75 deductible, which on that network price would leave $775 to the family before any orthodontic limit. The braces page compares states.
Bridges and fillings in the same schedule
Alabama is one of the few schedules read here that lists both the false tooth of a bridge and its two supporting crowns, so a three-unit bridge can be priced: $3,706 before insurance. At the other end, a two-surface tooth-colored filling on a back tooth comes to $223. The bridge page sets the Alabama figure against the other states that list those codes.
These figures describe a typical Alabama office, not a given one. A written estimate lists its CDT codes, and comparing them line by line with the price list below shows whether a quote is in the usual range, or whether it includes work, such as a scan, sedation or a temporary tooth, that the estimate leaves out.
Alabama price list, procedure by procedure
| Procedure | Unit | Full fee | In network | Medicaid fee, 2024 | Medicaid fee today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crown | per tooth | $1,317 | $793 | $538 | $538 |
| Root canal, front tooth | per tooth | $1,170 | $705 | $478 | $478 |
| Root canal, premolar | per tooth | $1,358 | $818 | $554 | $554 |
| Root canal, molar | per tooth | $1,617 | $974 | $660 | $660 |
| Braces, teen | full treatment | $2,450 | $1,476 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| Full dentures, both arches | both arches | $3,057 | $1,842 | $1,248 | $1,248 |
| Full denture, one arch | one arch | $1,529 | $921 | $624 | $624 |
| Partial denture | one arch | $1,360 | $819 | $555 | $555 |
| Simple extraction | per tooth | $157 | $94 | $64 | $64 |
| Surgical extraction | per tooth | $269 | $162 | $110 | $110 |
| Wisdom teeth, four impacted | four teeth | $2,181 | $1,314 | $890 | $890 |
| Bridge, three units | three units | $3,706 | $2,233 | $1,513 | $1,513 |
| Deep cleaning (scaling and root planing) | full mouth | $1,266 | $762 | $517 | $517 |
| Filling | per tooth | $223 | $135 | $91 | $91 |
| Checkup and cleaning | one visit | $209 | $126 | $85 | $85 |