Dental costs in Arizona: implants, crowns, braces and more
Arizona's Medicaid dental fees for the codes priced here are the same in its 2023 and 2026 schedules, and a crown is estimated at $1,544 before insurance.
You pay for crown in Arizona
$406
$763 billed, $356 paid by the plan.
| Estimated dentist charge (full fee) | $1,544 |
| Estimated in-network price | $763 |
| Plan pays (50 % after deductible) | $356 |
| Deductible | $50 |
| Arizona Medicaid fee, same codes (2024) | $555 |
Estimate: Arizona Medicaid fee ÷ 40.8 % (Medicaid pay as a share of dentists' charges, ADA HPI 2024, children's ratio as the state has no adult figure). 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 | $554.80 |
Compiled by Radif Partners · How prices are estimated · AHCCCS (Arizona Medicaid) Fee-For-Service Dental fee schedule, ADA ratios of Arizona · not a quote
In Arizona the estimates put a crown at $1,544, root canal, molar at $1,520, full dentures, both arches at $4,421 and wisdom teeth, four impacted at $2,598, in September 2026 dollars and before any insurance. They start from the capped fee schedule of AHCCCS, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, which pays the same fee for a code whatever the patient's age. The ADA's 2024 study found that those fees equal 40.8 % of what Arizona dentists charge for children's care, but it published no adult figure for the state, because adults then had an emergency benefit only. For adult procedures the site therefore divides the schedule's single fee by the children's ratio, a choice the method page explains and every result card names. The network price that a private plan allows is lower than the full fee: about $751 for a molar root canal, against a full fee of $1,520.
One fee for every age, and no adult ratio
The AHCCCS dental fee-for-service schedule lists one rate per code for all members, with no separate adult column, plus a second, higher column for the Flagstaff area that this site does not use. The edition in force on July 1, 2024 was the one dated October 1, 2023, and every fee the site reads is the same in it as in the edition of October 1, 2026: the effective dates printed beside the codes go back as far as October 2020. For a site that divides a 2024 fee by a 2024 ratio, that stability is useful, since the estimate and today's Medicaid payment rest on the same amount.
The weak point is the ratio. The ADA classed Arizona's adult benefit in 2024 as emergency care and gave no adult figure, so the children's ratio of 40.8 % stands in for adults. Nationally, Medicaid paid 39.2 % of dentists' charges for children and 29.9 % for adults, so the substitution may move adult prices in either direction; the estimates are best read as a range around the figure shown.
A procedure in Arizona, with or without a plan
You pay for root canal, molar in Arizona
$400
| Estimated dentist charge (full fee) | $1,520 |
| Estimated in-network price | $751 |
| Plan pays (50 % after deductible) | $350 |
| Deductible | $50 |
How Arizona compares
A porcelain crown at $1,544 sits below the median of $1,713 across the 18 states whose schedules list it. Complete upper and lower dentures come to $4,421, the removal of four impacted wisdom teeth to $2,598, and a two-surface filling on a back tooth to $272. Teen braces are not shown: the Arizona fee for comprehensive orthodontics gives an estimate more than twice the median of the other states, a sign it is paid on another basis, so the site withholds it.
These figures describe a typical office in the state. Phoenix, Tucson and rural counties are not separated in any public schedule, and the AHCCCS file itself states that a listed rate does not mean a service is covered. The state comparison sets Arizona beside the other states, and the page on paying without insurance explains how a cash price is usually negotiated.
Arizona price list, procedure by procedure
| Procedure | Unit | Full fee | In network | Medicaid fee, 2024 | Medicaid fee today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crown | per tooth | $1,544 | $763 | $555 | $555 |
| Root canal, front tooth | per tooth | $1,037 | $512 | $373 | $373 |
| Root canal, premolar | per tooth | $1,231 | $608 | $442 | $442 |
| Root canal, molar | per tooth | $1,520 | $751 | $546 | $546 |
| Braces or aligners, adult | full treatment | $8,255 | $4,078 | $2,966 | $2,966 |
| Full dentures, both arches | both arches | $4,421 | $2,184 | $1,589 | $1,589 |
| Full denture, one arch | one arch | $2,205 | $1,089 | $792 | $792 |
| Partial denture | one arch | $2,357 | $1,164 | $847 | $847 |
| Simple extraction | per tooth | $244 | $120 | $88 | $88 |
| Surgical extraction | per tooth | $370 | $183 | $133 | $133 |
| Wisdom teeth, four impacted | four teeth | $2,598 | $1,284 | $934 | $934 |
| Deep cleaning (scaling and root planing) | full mouth | $1,549 | $765 | $557 | $557 |
| Filling | per tooth | $272 | $134 | $98 | $98 |
| Checkup and cleaning | one visit | $329 | $163 | $118 | $118 |