Dental costs in Michigan: implants, crowns, braces and more
Michigan's Medicaid pays dentists about half of what they charge, a high share, so its fees sit close to the market; a two-surface filling comes to $297.
You pay for crown in Michigan
$540
$1,031 billed, $490 paid by the plan.
| Estimated dentist charge (full fee) | $1,688 |
| Estimated in-network price | $1,031 |
| Plan pays (50 % after deductible) | $490 |
| Deductible | $50 |
| Michigan Medicaid fee, same codes (2024) | $767 |
Estimate: Michigan Medicaid fee ÷ 51.7 % (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 | $767.25 |
Compiled by Radif Partners · How prices are estimated · Michigan Medicaid (MDHHS) fee-for-service Dental fee schedule, ADA ratios of Michigan · not a quote
In Michigan a two-surface tooth-colored filling is estimated at $297, a checkup with cleaning and bitewing X-rays at $278, a porcelain crown at $1,688, a molar root canal at $1,465 and a full set of upper and lower dentures at $4,116, in September 2026 dollars before any dental plan. The base is the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services dental fee schedule of January 2024, the edition in force on July 1, 2024. In the American Dental Association's 2024 study, Michigan's Medicaid paid 51.7 % of what the state's dentists charge adults and 82.3 % of what private plans pay them, both far above the national figures of 29.9 % and 49.8 %. Its fees therefore need only a small adjustment to reach a typical charge.
Two editions of the Michigan schedule
The state publishes a new dental fee schedule every January, sometimes with a spring revision. The estimate divides the January 2024 edition, which was still in force in July 2024, and the page's table also shows the January 2026 edition. Between the two, most fees moved up moderately: a porcelain crown from $767 to $818, a molar root canal from $666 to $743, an adult cleaning from $58 to $62. Complete dentures stayed almost where they were.
The schedule notes that implant, bridge and orthodontic codes are covered only for Children's Special Health Care Services, and they carry no rate in the file, so those procedures are not priced for Michigan. The implant page lists the states that can be priced.
A Michigan procedure with your plan
You pay for filling in Michigan
$76
| Estimated dentist charge (full fee) | $297 |
| Estimated in-network price | $182 |
| Plan pays (80 % after deductible) | $105 |
| Deductible | $50 |
Everyday work and dentures
Small, frequent treatments are where a plan's classes matter most. With the example plan, which pays 80 % of basic work after the deductible, a filling at the Michigan network price of $182 leaves $76 to the patient when the deductible is still due. A checkup is usually paid in full in network. The filling page and the cleaning page compare these amounts across states.
At the other end, a complete denture for one arch is estimated at $2,065 and both arches at $4,116; removing four impacted wisdom teeth comes to $2,732. Michigan's high ratio keeps these figures close to the Medicaid fees themselves. Children are mostly served through a separate managed program, so the schedule mainly describes adult fee-for-service care, which is the side the ADA measured for adults.
A crown is the case where the plan's classes and its yearly maximum meet. At a network price of $1,031, a plan paying 50 % of major work stays under a $1,500 maximum for one tooth, but 3 crowns in the same plan year would reach it. When several teeth need work, the order and the timing of the visits change the patient's share, which the annual maximum calculator lays out year by year.
Michigan price list, procedure by procedure
| Procedure | Unit | Full fee | In network | Medicaid fee, 2024 | Medicaid fee today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crown | per tooth | $1,688 | $1,031 | $767 | $818 |
| Root canal, front tooth | per tooth | $1,014 | $619 | $461 | $499 |
| Root canal, premolar | per tooth | $1,181 | $721 | $537 | $585 |
| Root canal, molar | per tooth | $1,465 | $895 | $666 | $743 |
| Full dentures, both arches | both arches | $4,116 | $2,514 | $1,872 | $1,869 |
| Full denture, one arch | one arch | $2,065 | $1,262 | $939 | $937 |
| Partial denture | one arch | $2,318 | $1,416 | $1,054 | $1,056 |
| Simple extraction | per tooth | $205 | $125 | $93 | $101 |
| Surgical extraction | per tooth | $382 | $233 | $174 | $182 |
| Wisdom teeth, four impacted | four teeth | $2,732 | $1,669 | $1,242 | $1,297 |
| Deep cleaning (scaling and root planing) | full mouth | $1,430 | $873 | $650 | $680 |
| Filling | per tooth | $297 | $182 | $135 | $147 |
| Checkup and cleaning | one visit | $278 | $170 | $127 | $137 |