Dental costs in Minnesota: implants, crowns, braces and more
Minnesota's fee schedule lists base amounts and says in its header that 98 % must be added to them; the estimates here apply that instruction before anything else.
You pay for root canal, molar in Minnesota
$601
$1,152 billed, $551 paid by the plan.
| Estimated dentist charge (full fee) | $1,844 |
| Estimated in-network price | $1,152 |
| Plan pays (50 % after deductible) | $551 |
| Deductible | $50 |
| Minnesota Medicaid fee, same codes (2024) | $537 |
Estimate: Minnesota Medicaid fee ÷ 33.1 % (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| D3330 | Endodontic therapy, molar | 1 | $537.37 |
Compiled by Radif Partners · How prices are estimated · Minnesota Health Care Programs (Medical Assistance / MinnesotaCare) fee-for-service fee schedule, ADA ratios of Minnesota · not a quote
In Minnesota a molar root canal is estimated at $1,844, a three-unit bridge at $8,345, a full set of upper and lower dentures at $6,483 and a deep cleaning of all four quadrants at $2,342, in September 2026 dollars before any dental plan. A checkup with cleaning and bitewing X-rays comes to $374. The figures start from the Minnesota Health Care Programs fee schedule, whose header states that for dental services provided on or after January 1, 2022, an additional 98 % is added to the listed amount to reach the payment. Each listed fee is therefore doubled, less two percent, before it is divided by Minnesota's ratio in the American Dental Association's 2024 study: Medicaid paid 33.1 % of what dentists in the state charged adults.
A schedule that must be read with its header
The Minnesota Health Care Programs fee schedule is a single spreadsheet covering every service the programs pay for, with a "total allowable" for each code. For dental codes that figure is not the payment. The header instructs dentists that an additional 98 % is added to the fee schedule total for services provided since January 1, 2022. A molar root canal listed at $271 is therefore paid about $537, and an adult cleaning listed at $27 about $53. The site applies this multiplication to every Minnesota code and records the reason on its method page.
Leaving the add-on out would halve every Minnesota estimate and put the state far below its neighbors. With it, Minnesota's 2024 ratio of 33.1 % lines up with the fees, and the estimates fall within the range of the other states priced on this site.
Which codes are priced, and which are not
The schedule gives each total allowable an effective date. The estimate uses only amounts whose date is on or before July 1, 2024, the point up to which the ADA collected Medicaid fees, so that fee and ratio describe the same time. Several codes qualify: root canals on front, premolar and molar teeth, complete dentures, bridge parts, scaling and root planing, fillings and the checkup codes. A front tooth root canal comes to $1,213 against $1,844 for a molar, the difference reflecting the extra canals of a back tooth.
Porcelain crowns are listed "by report" in Minnesota, meaning the program prices each claim on its own, so no crown estimate can be made here; the crown page gives the states that publish a fee. Orthodontic codes appear at an amount that is not a full-treatment fee and are left out. Extractions carry an effective date after July 2024 and are not estimated either.
A Minnesota procedure, before and after your plan
You pay for bridge, three units in Minnesota
$3,711
| Estimated dentist charge (full fee) | $8,345 |
| Estimated in-network price | $5,211 |
| Plan pays (50 % after deductible) | $1,500 |
| Deductible | $50 |
A bridge or a set of dentures with a plan
Large prosthetic work runs into the yearly maximum of most dental plans quickly. At a typical network price of $5,211 for a three-unit bridge, a plan paying half after its deductible would owe far more than a maximum of $1,500, so the patient carries most of the bill. The estimator above shows the split for your own plan, and the annual maximum page shows how spreading work over two plan years changes it.
Minnesota price list, procedure by procedure
| Procedure | Unit | Full fee | In network | Medicaid fee, 2024 | Medicaid fee today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root canal, front tooth | per tooth | $1,213 | $758 | $354 | $354 |
| Root canal, premolar | per tooth | $1,456 | $909 | $424 | $424 |
| Root canal, molar | per tooth | $1,844 | $1,152 | $537 | $537 |
| Full dentures, both arches | both arches | $6,483 | $4,048 | $1,889 | $1,889 |
| Full denture, one arch | one arch | $3,224 | $2,013 | $939 | $939 |
| Partial denture | one arch | $3,744 | $2,338 | $1,091 | $1,091 |
| Simple extraction | per tooth | $304 | $190 | $89 | $89 |
| Surgical extraction | per tooth | $416 | $260 | $121 | $121 |
| Wisdom teeth, four impacted | four teeth | $3,605 | $2,251 | $1,051 | $1,051 |
| Bridge, three units | three units | $8,345 | $5,211 | $2,432 | $2,432 |
| Deep cleaning (scaling and root planing) | full mouth | $2,342 | $1,462 | $682 | $682 |
| Filling | per tooth | $283 | $177 | $82 | $82 |
| Checkup and cleaning | one visit | $374 | $234 | $109 | $109 |