Dental costs in Louisiana: implants, crowns, braces and more
Louisiana publishes one dental schedule for patients under 21 and a short one for adult dentures; complete upper and lower dentures are estimated at $3,367.
You pay for root canal, molar in Louisiana
$420
$790 billed, $370 paid by the plan.
| Estimated dentist charge (full fee) | $1,234 |
| Estimated in-network price | $790 |
| Plan pays (50 % after deductible) | $370 |
| Deductible | $50 |
| Louisiana Medicaid fee, same codes (2024) | $642 |
Estimate: Louisiana Medicaid fee ÷ 59.1 % (Medicaid pay as a share of dentists' charges, ADA HPI 2024; Louisiana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| D3330 | Endodontic therapy, molar | 1 | $642.31 |
Compiled by Radif Partners · How prices are estimated · Louisiana Medicaid Dental Program (EPSDT dental under 21; Adult Denture Program 21+) fee schedule, ADA ratios of Louisiana · not a quote
Louisiana's estimates put complete upper and lower dentures at $3,367, a molar root canal at $1,234, four impacted wisdom teeth at $2,556 and a two-surface filling at $214, in September 2026 dollars before insurance. The fees come from the Louisiana Medicaid dental program, which keeps separate schedules: the EPSDT dental program for members under 21, and an adult denture program that lists only exams, X-rays and complete and partial dentures. The ADA's 2024 study placed Louisiana among the states where Medicaid pays closest to dentists' charges, 56.5 % for adult care and 59.1 % for children's care, the 4th highest adult share in the study. A high share means a short step from fee to estimate. Dentures use the adult schedule; most other work is priced from the EPSDT schedule with the children's ratio.
Two schedules for two groups of patients
The Louisiana Medicaid dental fee schedules come as one workbook with several sheets. The EPSDT sheet, named after the federal child health benefit, covers members from birth through age 20 and lists the full range of dental codes. The adult denture sheet lists six codes, with $837 for a complete upper denture against $838 on the EPSDT sheet. Other sheets serve adults in certain waiver programs and in intermediate care facilities, with the same fees as the EPSDT sheet for the codes checked; this site does not treat them as the adult schedule.
So an adult root canal, filling or extraction in Louisiana is priced from the EPSDT fee with the EPSDT ratio, a pairing that keeps fee and ratio on the same patients and that the result card names. That is the case for 9 of the procedures shown on this page. Dentures are the exception, priced from the adult sheet and the adult ratio.
Louisiana cost of a procedure with a plan
You pay for full dentures, both arches in Louisiana
$1,096
| Estimated dentist charge (full fee) | $3,367 |
| Estimated in-network price | $2,141 |
| Plan pays (50 % after deductible) | $1,046 |
| Deductible | $50 |
What is missing, and why
Orthodontic codes on the EPSDT sheet carry a maximum fee marked for manual pricing with prior authorization rather than a set fee, so braces have no Louisiana estimate. Crowns, implants and bridges have no fee on either sheet. A checkup cannot be assembled either, since the EPSDT sheet has no fee for the bitewing X-rays the site includes in it. Those gaps are part of the documents, not of the program's coverage, which the member handbook describes.
Among the 24 states that price complete dentures, the median is $4,166; Louisiana's $3,367 sits below it. A single arch is estimated at $1,683. Louisiana Medicaid members mostly receive dental care through dental benefit managers whose payments are not public. The dentures page explains complete, partial and immediate dentures, and the Medicaid page compares adult benefit levels across states.
Louisiana price list, procedure by procedure
| Procedure | Unit | Full fee | In network | Medicaid fee, 2024 | Medicaid fee today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root canal, front tooth | per tooth | $876 | $561 | $456 | $456 |
| Root canal, premolar | per tooth | $1,029 | $659 | $535 | $535 |
| Root canal, molar | per tooth | $1,234 | $790 | $642 | $642 |
| Full dentures, both arches | both arches | $3,367 | $2,141 | $1,674 | $1,674 |
| Full denture, one arch | one arch | $1,683 | $1,071 | $837 | $837 |
| Partial denture | one arch | $2,238 | $1,433 | $1,164 | $1,164 |
| Simple extraction | per tooth | $206 | $132 | $107 | $107 |
| Surgical extraction | per tooth | $338 | $217 | $176 | $176 |
| Wisdom teeth, four impacted | four teeth | $2,556 | $1,637 | $1,330 | $1,330 |
| Deep cleaning (scaling and root planing) | full mouth | $1,221 | $782 | $635 | $635 |
| Filling | per tooth | $214 | $137 | $111 | $111 |