Dental costs in Missouri: implants, crowns, braces and more
Missouri has no adult ratio in the ADA's 2024 study, so its estimates rest on the children's ratio, the one measured on the same schedule; a crown comes to $2,009.
You pay for crown in Missouri
$611
$1,173 billed, $561 paid by the plan.
| Estimated dentist charge (full fee) | $2,009 |
| Estimated in-network price | $1,173 |
| Plan pays (50 % after deductible) | $561 |
| Deductible | $50 |
| Missouri Medicaid fee, same codes (2024) | $1,049 |
Estimate: Missouri Medicaid fee ÷ 59.3 % (Medicaid pay as a share of dentists' charges, ADA HPI 2024, children's ratio as the state has no adult figure). 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 | $1,048.80 |
Compiled by Radif Partners · How prices are estimated · MO HealthNet (Missouri Medicaid) - fee-for-service dental fee schedule, ADA ratios of Missouri · not a quote
A porcelain crown is estimated at $2,009 in Missouri, a molar root canal at $1,831, a three-unit bridge at $5,907 and a full set of upper and lower dentures at $6,197, in September 2026 dollars before any dental plan; a checkup with cleaning and X-rays comes to $372. The base is the MO HealthNet dental fee schedule, which prints one fee per code for all ages. The American Dental Association's 2024 study gives Missouri a ratio for children only: it classed the state's adult Medicaid dental benefit as emergency care and measured no adult figure. The children's ratio is high, 59.3 % of what dentists charge against 39.2 % nationally, which says that Missouri's fees sit close to the market and the estimates sit close to them.
One fee for every age, one ratio for children
The MO HealthNet dental fee schedule is a spreadsheet replaced every month. It lists a single rate per code, with no separate column for adults, and gives each rate its own effective date. Most of the rates used here took effect in July 2022, a few in July 2024, so they were all in force on July 1, 2024, the date up to which the ADA collected Medicaid fees. Codes whose rate changed later are left out of the estimate, because the earlier rate could not be recovered.
The ratio is the other half of the division. Where a state has an adult ratio the site uses it for adult procedures; Missouri has none, so the children's ratio is used for every procedure, with a note in the estimator. The children's basket of the ADA, exams, cleanings, X-rays, fillings and extractions, is close to the adult one, and the fee schedule is the same for both age groups, which keeps the estimate consistent.
A Missouri procedure with or without a plan
You pay for crown in Missouri
$611
| Estimated dentist charge (full fee) | $2,009 |
| Estimated in-network price | $1,173 |
| Plan pays (50 % after deductible) | $561 |
| Deductible | $50 |
Implants: a code added after the 2024 window
Missouri's current schedule lists the implant body, code D6010, at $373, with a rate effective in March 2025. Since that rate did not exist in July 2024, no implant estimate is made for the state. Implant crowns, codes D6058 and D6059, are marked non-covered in the same file. The implant page prices the states whose 2024 schedules list all three parts.
Where Missouri's fees stand
A high ratio means a small step from the Medicaid fee to the estimated charge. Missouri paid $1,049 for a porcelain crown in 2024; divided by its ratio and carried to September 2026, that becomes $2,009. In a state with a ratio near the national figure, the same fee would have produced a much larger estimate. The state comparison sets Missouri against the other states, procedure by procedure, and the dentures page explains what a complete set includes.
Most MO HealthNet members receive dental care through managed care plans whose rates are not published; the fee schedule is the public reference for the program's fee-for-service side, which is what the ADA measured.
Missouri price list, procedure by procedure
| Procedure | Unit | Full fee | In network | Medicaid fee, 2024 | Medicaid fee today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crown | per tooth | $2,009 | $1,173 | $1,049 | $1,049 |
| Root canal, front tooth | per tooth | $1,332 | $777 | $695 | $695 |
| Root canal, premolar | per tooth | $1,508 | $880 | $787 | $787 |
| Root canal, molar | per tooth | $1,831 | $1,069 | $956 | $956 |
| Full dentures, both arches | both arches | $6,197 | $3,618 | $3,235 | $3,235 |
| Full denture, one arch | one arch | $3,080 | $1,798 | $1,608 | $1,608 |
| Partial denture | one arch | $3,176 | $1,855 | $1,658 | $1,658 |
| Simple extraction | per tooth | $179 | $105 | $94 | $94 |
| Surgical extraction | per tooth | $265 | $155 | $138 | $138 |
| Wisdom teeth, four impacted | four teeth | $1,790 | $1,045 | $935 | $935 |
| Bridge, three units | three units | $5,907 | $3,449 | $3,084 | $3,084 |
| Veneer | per tooth | $2,035 | $1,188 | $1,062 | $1,062 |
| Deep cleaning (scaling and root planing) | full mouth | $1,826 | $1,066 | $954 | $954 |
| Filling | per tooth | $411 | $240 | $214 | $214 |
| Checkup and cleaning | one visit | $372 | $217 | $194 | $194 |