Dental costs in Ohio: implants, crowns, braces and more
Ohio's Medicaid fees were raised in January 2024 and have not moved since, so one table serves both as the 2024 base and as today's fees; a crown comes to $1,855.
You pay for crown in Ohio
$573
$1,096 billed, $523 paid by the plan.
| Estimated dentist charge (full fee) | $1,855 |
| Estimated in-network price | $1,096 |
| Plan pays (50 % after deductible) | $523 |
| Deductible | $50 |
| Ohio Medicaid fee, same codes (2024) | $817 |
Estimate: Ohio Medicaid fee ÷ 50.0 % (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 | $816.55 |
Compiled by Radif Partners · How prices are estimated · Ohio Medicaid (ODM) dental, fee-for-service fee schedule, ADA ratios of Ohio · not a quote
In Ohio a porcelain crown is estimated at $1,855, a molar root canal at $1,646, comprehensive braces for a teenager at $2,540, four impacted wisdom teeth at $3,372 and a full set of dentures at $3,473, in September 2026 dollars before any dental plan. The base is the Ohio Department of Medicaid table of dental fees, whose maximum payments all carry an effective date of January 1, 2024, the date of the state's dental fee increase. The American Dental Association's 2024 study found that Ohio's Medicaid paid 50.0 % of what dentists charge adults, well above the national 29.9 %. A high ratio means a short step from the Medicaid fee to the estimate, which makes Ohio one of the steadier states in this data.
A table that has not changed since January 2024
Ohio publishes its dental fees as a table of CDT procedures with two money columns, the previous maximum payment and the current one, and an effective date for each code. Every code used here shows January 1, 2024: the current maximum is the one set by that year's increase, unchanged on July 1, 2024 and still the one posted today. That makes Ohio's estimate simple to trace. A molar root canal, code D3330, is paid $724; divided by 50.0 % and carried to September 2026, it becomes $1,646. A premolar comes to $1,294.
The table also says what it leaves out. Codes for implants and fixed bridges are not listed, so neither can be priced for Ohio, and a surgical extraction, code D7210, is paid the same as a simple one, which puts the surgical estimate at $258. The ages and frequencies the program allows are set in the Ohio Administrative Code, not in this table.
An Ohio procedure, in network or out
You pay for crown in Ohio
$1,332
| Estimated dentist charge (full fee) | $1,855 |
| Estimated in-network price | $1,096 |
| Plan pays (50 % after deductible) | $523 |
| Deductible | $50 |
In network or out of network
Ohio's ratio to private insurance payments is 82.4 %, which puts the typical network price of a crown at $1,096 against a full fee of $1,855. That gap is what going out of network can cost. With the example plan, a crown done in network leaves $573 to the patient; done out of network, where the dentist may bill the difference between the full fee and the plan's allowance, it leaves $1,332. The estimator above starts on the out-of-network case so the two can be compared by switching one button.
Most Ohio Medicaid members are enrolled in managed care plans, whose rates are not public; this table is the fee-for-service side that the ADA measured. The coverage page explains how plans sort work into classes, and the braces page compares Ohio's orthodontic estimate with other states.
Ohio price list, procedure by procedure
| Procedure | Unit | Full fee | In network | Medicaid fee, 2024 | Medicaid fee today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crown | per tooth | $1,855 | $1,096 | $817 | $817 |
| Root canal, front tooth | per tooth | $1,075 | $635 | $473 | $473 |
| Root canal, premolar | per tooth | $1,294 | $765 | $570 | $570 |
| Root canal, molar | per tooth | $1,646 | $972 | $724 | $724 |
| Braces, teen | full treatment | $2,540 | $1,516 | $1,192 | $1,192 |
| Full dentures, both arches | both arches | $3,473 | $2,052 | $1,529 | $1,529 |
| Full denture, one arch | one arch | $1,737 | $1,026 | $764 | $764 |
| Partial denture | one arch | $2,346 | $1,386 | $1,032 | $1,032 |
| Simple extraction | per tooth | $258 | $152 | $113 | $113 |
| Surgical extraction | per tooth | $258 | $152 | $113 | $113 |
| Wisdom teeth, four impacted | four teeth | $3,372 | $1,991 | $1,484 | $1,484 |
| Deep cleaning (scaling and root planing) | full mouth | $1,714 | $1,013 | $754 | $754 |
| Filling | per tooth | $234 | $138 | $103 | $103 |
| Checkup and cleaning | one visit | $314 | $185 | $138 | $138 |