Dental costs in Massachusetts: implants, crowns, braces and more
Massachusetts is one of the few states whose Medicaid schedule lists implants, so every major procedure can be priced here; a crown is estimated at $2,443.
You pay for crown in Massachusetts
$686
$1,323 billed, $636 paid by the plan.
| Estimated dentist charge (full fee) | $2,443 |
| Estimated in-network price | $1,323 |
| Plan pays (50 % after deductible) | $636 |
| Deductible | $50 |
| Massachusetts Medicaid fee, same codes (2024) | $729 |
Estimate: Massachusetts Medicaid fee ÷ 33.9 % (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 | $729 |
Compiled by Radif Partners · How prices are estimated · MassHealth Dental Program (101 CMR 314.00 Rates for Dental Services) fee schedule, ADA ratios of Massachusetts · not a quote
A single implant with its abutment and crown is estimated at $8,287 in Massachusetts, a porcelain crown at $2,443, a molar root canal at $2,778 and a full set of upper and lower dentures at $4,893, in September 2026 dollars before any insurance. The figures start from the fees MassHealth pays dentists under its rate regulation, 101 CMR 314.00, in force since June 1, 2024, which the American Dental Association's 2024 study found to equal 33.9 % of what Massachusetts dentists charge for adult care and 61.0 % of what private plans pay them. Dividing by those shares gives the typical full fee and the network price. With the Covered California example plan, a crown at the network price of $1,323 leaves $686 to the patient after a $50 deductible and a half share.
The MassHealth regulation behind the prices
Massachusetts sets the fees of its Medicaid dental program in a regulation rather than a spreadsheet: 101 CMR 314.00, Rates for Dental Services, adopted in June 2024. It prints two fees for most codes, one for adult members and one for members under 21 covered by the federal child benefit, and the children's fee is often the higher of the two. A porcelain crown, code D2740, is paid $729 for an adult and $853 for a child. The estimator uses the adult column for adult procedures and the children's column for teenage braces, each with the matching ratio of the ADA study.
Because the regulation was already in force on July 1, 2024, the month up to which the ADA collected Medicaid fees, the same document serves both as the base of the estimate and as today's fee. The state's ratios are close to the national figures for adults: Medicaid paid 33.9 % of dentists' charges in Massachusetts against 29.9 % nationally, and the ADA classed its adult benefit as enhanced.
A procedure in Massachusetts, with or without a plan
You pay for root canal, molar in Massachusetts
$777
| Estimated dentist charge (full fee) | $2,778 |
| Estimated in-network price | $1,504 |
| Plan pays (50 % after deductible) | $727 |
| Deductible | $50 |
Where Massachusetts sits among the states
Across the 18 states whose schedules list a porcelain crown, the median estimate is $1,713; Massachusetts comes in at $2,443. Implants are the clearest difference: most Medicaid programs pay nothing for code D6010, so their states cannot be priced, while the MassHealth regulation lists the implant body, the abutment and the implant crown. The implant page compares the states that can be priced, and the state comparison does the same for every procedure.
These are averages for the state. Fees in Boston and its suburbs are likely to differ from those in the western counties, and no public schedule describes that spread, so the estimator gives one figure for the state. A written estimate from a dentist, read code by code against the table below, shows where an office stands.
Massachusetts price list, procedure by procedure
| Procedure | Unit | Full fee | In network | Medicaid fee, 2024 | Medicaid fee today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single implant | per tooth | $8,287 | $4,487 | $2,473 | $2,473 |
| Crown | per tooth | $2,443 | $1,323 | $729 | $729 |
| Root canal, front tooth | per tooth | $1,823 | $987 | $544 | $544 |
| Root canal, premolar | per tooth | $2,141 | $1,159 | $639 | $639 |
| Root canal, molar | per tooth | $2,778 | $1,504 | $829 | $829 |
| Braces, teen | full treatment | $3,319 | $1,631 | $1,302 | $1,302 |
| Full dentures, both arches | both arches | $4,893 | $2,649 | $1,460 | $1,460 |
| Full denture, one arch | one arch | $2,446 | $1,325 | $730 | $730 |
| Partial denture | one arch | $3,676 | $1,990 | $1,097 | $1,097 |
| Simple extraction | per tooth | $258 | $140 | $77 | $77 |
| Surgical extraction | per tooth | $499 | $270 | $149 | $149 |
| Wisdom teeth, four impacted | four teeth | $3,954 | $2,141 | $1,180 | $1,180 |
| Bridge, three units | three units | $6,793 | $3,678 | $2,027 | $2,027 |
| Veneer | per tooth | $1,923 | $1,041 | $574 | $574 |
| Deep cleaning (scaling and root planing) | full mouth | $1,796 | $973 | $536 | $536 |
| Filling | per tooth | $258 | $140 | $77 | $77 |
| Checkup and cleaning | one visit | $402 | $218 | $120 | $120 |