Dental costs in Kentucky: implants, crowns, braces and more
Kentucky's Medicaid schedule prints separate fees for patients under and over 21 and lists the implant codes; a crown is estimated at $1,453.
You pay for crown in Kentucky
$434
$817 billed, $384 paid by the plan.
| Estimated dentist charge (full fee) | $1,453 |
| Estimated in-network price | $817 |
| Plan pays (50 % after deductible) | $384 |
| Deductible | $50 |
| Kentucky Medicaid fee, same codes (2024) | $530 |
Estimate: Kentucky Medicaid fee ÷ 41.4 % (Medicaid pay as a share of dentists' charges, ADA HPI 2024). 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 | $529.95 |
Compiled by Radif Partners · How prices are estimated · Kentucky Medicaid (DMS) dental fee-for-service fee schedule, ADA ratios of Kentucky · not a quote
A porcelain crown is estimated at $1,453 in Kentucky, a molar root canal at $1,319, a partial denture on a metal framework at $1,496 and a single implant with its abutment and crown at $10,442, in September 2026 dollars before any dental plan. The fees come from the Kentucky Medicaid dental fee schedule of 2024, which prints one rate for members under 21 and another for adults; the estimator uses the adult column for adult work. The American Dental Association's 2024 study found that Kentucky Medicaid paid 41.4 % of what dentists charge adults and 71.7 % of what private plans pay, and classed its adult benefit as limited. Dividing the adult fees by those shares gives the typical full fee and the network price. Kentucky is one of the few states whose schedule lets an implant be priced.
Two columns: under 21 and over 21
The Kentucky Medicaid dental fee schedule, revised in October 2024, lists each code with an under-21 rate and an over-21 rate, and marks the services not covered for one group or the other. For most of the codes priced here both columns carry the same amount: a porcelain crown, D2740, is $530 for either age. A few differ. A two-surface filling, D2392, is paid $72 for a child and $55 for an adult, and scaling and root planing of one quadrant, D4341, $101 against $78. The adult column feeds the estimates of adult procedures, the adult ratio of the ADA study divides them, and the two stay matched.
The October 2024 revision changed only the wording of one periodontal code; the rates were those in force on July 1, 2024, the month up to which the ADA collected Medicaid fees. A newer edition published in 2026 could not be read from the state's site, so this page does not show today's Medicaid fees.
A Kentucky procedure, with or without a plan
You pay for single implant in Kentucky
$4,371
| Estimated dentist charge (full fee) | $10,442 |
| Estimated in-network price | $5,871 |
| Plan pays (50 % after deductible) | $1,500 |
| Deductible | $50 |
An implant priced from a public schedule
Most Medicaid programs pay nothing for implants, so their states cannot be priced for one. Kentucky's schedule lists the implant body, D6010, the abutment and the implant crown, which gives an estimate of $10,442 for one tooth before insurance and $5,871 at a network price. Only 4 states can be priced this way, so the figure cannot be compared with a broad median; the implant page sets the states side by side. With a plan that pays half of major work up to a $1,500 yearly maximum, the plan would pay $1,500 and leave $4,371 of the network price to the patient.
Smaller work follows the same method: a two-surface filling comes to $151 and a full-mouth deep cleaning at $856, both before insurance. A dentist's written estimate, read code by code against the table below, shows where an office stands.
Kentucky price list, procedure by procedure
| Procedure | Unit | Full fee | In network | Medicaid fee, 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single implant | per tooth | $10,442 | $5,871 | $3,807 |
| Crown | per tooth | $1,453 | $817 | $530 |
| Root canal, front tooth | per tooth | $752 | $423 | $274 |
| Root canal, premolar | per tooth | $945 | $531 | $345 |
| Root canal, molar | per tooth | $1,319 | $742 | $481 |
| Full dentures, both arches | both arches | $3,477 | $1,955 | $1,268 |
| Full denture, one arch | one arch | $1,799 | $1,012 | $656 |
| Partial denture | one arch | $1,496 | $841 | $545 |
| Simple extraction | per tooth | $226 | $127 | $83 |
| Surgical extraction | per tooth | $407 | $229 | $149 |
| Wisdom teeth, four impacted | four teeth | $1,821 | $1,024 | $664 |
| Bridge, three units | three units | $4,363 | $2,453 | $1,591 |
| Deep cleaning (scaling and root planing) | full mouth | $856 | $481 | $312 |
| Filling | per tooth | $151 | $85 | $55 |
| Checkup and cleaning | one visit | $319 | $179 | $116 |