Dental crown cost without insurance
The median hospital cash price for porcelain crown is $1,328.43 across 108 US hospitals; most list between $189.37 and $2,850.40. The lowest outpatient cash price in any of 42 markets is $9.80. Prices come from each hospital's own price file; pick your area below to compare hospitals side by side.
Collected Nov 7, 2026 Each price links to its source file All Dental work costs
Cash or insurance?
If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you pay the rate your plan negotiated with the hospital, not the cash price. Hospital price files list those rates too: for dental crown, the highest negotiated rate in a hospital's file has a median of $2,793.84 and the lowest a median of $453.28. At 73 of 89 hospitals that publish both, the cash price is below the highest negotiated rate.
With a high deductible, cash can cost less. But a cash payment may not count toward your deductible or out-of-pocket maximum: ask your plan for its rate at that hospital (most have a cost estimator) and whether it will credit a cash payment.
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What is CDT D2740?
A porcelain or ceramic crown is a tooth-shaped cap placed over a damaged, weakened or root-canal-treated tooth to restore its shape and strength. It usually takes two visits, or one visit when the office mills the crown on site.
What the price covers
The fee usually covers tooth preparation, impressions or a digital scan, the dental lab's work, a temporary crown and cementing the final crown. A core buildup, root canal, X-rays and exam are billed under their own codes.
Why prices differ
Prices differ by material (for example all-ceramic versus zirconia), the lab the office uses, and the clinic type; hospital-based dental clinics and dental schools price very differently from private offices.
What to ask
Ask whether the self-pay price for D2740 includes the temporary crown and lab fee, and whether a buildup or X-rays will be added.
Prices by state
Among 5 states with at least 5 hospitals listing a cash price, the median is lowest in Florida ($9.80) and Illinois ($795.00), and highest in California ($2,850.40) and New Jersey ($1,840.30).
Median outpatient cash price, one line per hospital. Pick a state to see every hospital, cheapest first.
- Arizona$793.33, 1 hospital
- California$2,850.40
- Colorado$482.63, 2 hospitals
- Florida$9.80
- Illinois$795.00
- Iowa$67.80, 1 hospital
- Louisiana$820.60, 3 hospitals
- Massachusetts$50.40, 1 hospital
- Michigan$888.94, 2 hospitals
- Minnesota$2,468.00, 1 hospital
- Mississippi$4,805.81, 4 hospitals
- Missouri$2,222.86, 1 hospital
- Nebraska$81.36, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$1,840.30
- New York$1,080.00
- Ohio$455.00, 1 hospital
- Oklahoma$3,389.76, 1 hospital
- Oregon$499.35, 2 hospitals
- Tennessee$189.37, 3 hospitals
- Utah$1,107.39, 1 hospital
- Washington$582.90, 3 hospitals
Prices by market
Outpatient cash prices. “×” is how many times the highest price in that market exceeds the lowest.
| Market | Hospitals | Lowest | Median | Highest | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen, MS single city | 1 | $4,968.52 | $4,968.52 | $4,968.52 | 1.0× |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 1 | $836.45 | $836.45 | $836.45 | 1.0× |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 1 | $50.40 | $50.40 | $50.40 | 1.0× |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 2 | $289.41 | $1,140.71 | $1,992.00 | 6.9× |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 5 | $516.75 | $795.00 | $795.00 | 1.5× |
| Cleveland, OH | 1 | $455.00 | $455.00 | $455.00 | 1.0× |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 2 | $193.05 | $482.63 | $772.20 | 4.0× |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 2 | $888.94 | $888.94 | $888.94 | 1.0× |
| Duncan, OK | 1 | $3,389.76 | $3,389.76 | $3,389.76 | 1.0× |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | 1 | $560.59 | $560.59 | $560.59 | 1.0× |
| Fresno, CA | 1 | $2,850.40 | $2,850.40 | $2,850.40 | 1.0× |
| Goldendale, WA single city | 1 | $717.60 | $717.60 | $717.60 | 1.0× |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 1 | $4,643.10 | $4,643.10 | $4,643.10 | 1.0× |
| Jackson, MS | 1 | $9,745.29 | $9,745.29 | $9,745.29 | 1.0× |
| Kennewick-Richland, WA | 1 | $582.90 | $582.90 | $582.90 | 1.0× |
| Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 2 | $807.00 | $1,165.50 | $1,524.00 | 1.9× |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 5 | $9.80 | $9.80 | $2,503.00 | 255.4× |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 1 | $2,468.00 | $2,468.00 | $2,468.00 | 1.0× |
| Modesto, CA | 1 | $2,850.40 | $2,850.40 | $2,850.40 | 1.0× |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 1 | $189.37 | $189.37 | $189.37 | 1.0× |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 3 | $470.40 | $820.60 | $837.81 | 1.8× |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 32 | $987.00 | $1,841.10 | $2,640.00 | 2.7× |
| Omaha, NE-IA | 2 | $67.80 | $74.58 | $81.36 | 1.2× |
| Oneonta, NY | 2 | $347.00 | $739.93 | $1,132.85 | 3.3× |
| Othello, WA | 1 | $54.56 | $54.56 | $54.56 | 1.0× |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 1 | $793.33 | $793.33 | $793.33 | 1.0× |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 1 | $438.10 | $438.10 | $438.10 | 1.0× |
| Quincy, CA single city | 1 | $826.40 | $826.40 | $826.40 | 1.0× |
| Rochester, NY | 6 | $767.37 | $781.30 | $961.60 | 1.3× |
| Rolla, MO | 1 | $2,222.86 | $2,222.86 | $2,222.86 | 1.0× |
| Ruleville, MS single city | 1 | $25.50 | $25.50 | $25.50 | 1.0× |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 3 | $2,850.40 | $2,850.40 | $2,850.40 | 1.0× |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 1 | $1,107.39 | $1,107.39 | $1,107.39 | 1.0× |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 10 | $2,850.40 | $2,850.40 | $2,850.40 | 1.0× |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 2 | $2,850.40 | $2,850.40 | $2,850.40 | 1.0× |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 1 | $2,850.40 | $2,850.40 | $2,850.40 | 1.0× |
| Shelbyville, TN | 1 | $189.37 | $189.37 | $189.37 | 1.0× |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | 1 | $2,850.40 | $2,850.40 | $2,850.40 | 1.0× |
| Syracuse, NY | 1 | $783.25 | $783.25 | $783.25 | 1.0× |
| Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 1 | $189.37 | $189.37 | $189.37 | 1.0× |
| Utica-Rome, NY | 1 | $985.80 | $985.80 | $985.80 | 1.0× |
| Vallejo, CA | 2 | $2,850.40 | $2,850.40 | $2,850.40 | 1.0× |
Common questions
What is CDT code D2740?
CDT D2740 is the billing code for porcelain crown. A porcelain or ceramic crown is a tooth-shaped cap placed over a damaged, weakened or root-canal-treated tooth to restore its shape and strength. It usually takes two visits, or one visit when the office mills the crown on site.
Is a porcelain crown the same as a zirconia crown?
Both are ceramic materials, and many offices bill zirconia crowns under D2740 as well. Porcelain fused to metal or titanium crowns use different codes (D2750 to D2753).
How many visits does a crown take?
Usually two visits about two weeks apart, one to prepare the tooth and one to place the final crown. Offices with in-house milling equipment can sometimes finish in a single visit.
Is it cheaper to pay cash or use insurance for dental crown?
It depends on your deductible. Until you meet it, you pay your plan's negotiated rate, not the cash price. In hospital price files the highest negotiated rate for dental crown has a median of $2,793.84 and the lowest a median of $453.28; at 73 of 89 hospitals the cash price is below the highest negotiated rate. A cash payment may not count toward your deductible, so ask your plan for its rate at that hospital first.
Which states have the cheapest dental crown?
Among 5 states with at least 5 hospitals listing a cash price, the median is lowest in Florida ($9.80) and Illinois ($795.00), and highest in California ($2,850.40) and New Jersey ($1,840.30). Prices vary as much between hospitals in the same state, so compare hospitals near you.
Other dental work prices
Median hospital cash price, one per hospital.