Impacted wisdom tooth removal cost without insurance
The median hospital cash price for removal of an impacted tooth fully covered by bone, often a wisdom tooth is $930.95 across 144 US hospitals; most list between $309.86 and $4,099.20. The lowest outpatient cash price in any of 56 markets is $174.95. Prices come from each hospital's own price file; pick your area below to compare hospitals side by side.
Collected Nov 11, 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 impacted wisdom tooth removal, the highest negotiated rate in a hospital's file has a median of $2,793.84 and the lowest a median of $305.00. At 101 of 115 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 D7240?
This is surgical removal of a tooth that is completely covered by jawbone, most often a wisdom tooth. The surgeon opens the gum, removes bone and often sections the tooth to take it out.
What the price covers
The fee usually covers the surgery with local anesthesia and routine follow-up care, per tooth. IV sedation or general anesthesia, X-rays or a 3D scan, and the consultation are billed separately.
Why prices differ
Hospital prices come mostly from hospital dental clinics and dental schools, which price differently from private offices; the type of anesthesia and whether the surgery is done in an operating room also change the total.
What to ask
Ask whether the self-pay price for CDT D7240 is per tooth and whether sedation or anesthesia is included.
Prices by state
Among 8 states with at least 5 hospitals listing a cash price, the median is lowest in Louisiana ($591.80), Mississippi ($692.00) and Texas ($740.90), and highest in Idaho ($4,585.00), California ($4,099.20) and New Jersey ($1,840.30).
Median outpatient cash price, one line per hospital. Pick a state to see every hospital, cheapest first.
- Alabama$3,435.76, 1 hospital
- Arizona$2,434.20, 2 hospitals
- California$4,099.20
- Colorado$252.85, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$3,118.75, 1 hospital
- Florida$1,164.50, 2 hospitals
- Georgia$911.00
- Idaho$4,585.00
- Illinois$1,156.40, 1 hospital
- Iowa$292.60, 3 hospitals
- Louisiana$591.80
- Massachusetts$477.00, 1 hospital
- Michigan$888.94, 2 hospitals
- Minnesota$353.93, 4 hospitals
- Mississippi$692.00
- Nebraska$1,590.84, 1 hospital
- Nevada$1,929.30, 1 hospital
- New Hampshire$298.66, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$1,840.30
- New Mexico$819.06, 1 hospital
- New York$923.45
- North Dakota$634.40, 2 hospitals
- Ohio$1,300.00, 1 hospital
- Oklahoma$3,389.76, 1 hospital
- Oregon$1,186.58, 2 hospitals
- South Carolina$1,342.00, 1 hospital
- Texas$740.90
- Utah$1,107.39, 1 hospital
- Washington$5,232.01, 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 | $748.65 | $748.65 | $748.65 | 1.0× |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 7 | $911.00 | $911.00 | $911.00 | 1.0× |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 1 | $836.45 | $836.45 | $836.45 | 1.0× |
| Baudette, MN single city | 1 | $338.80 | $338.80 | $338.80 | 1.0× |
| Boise City, ID | 2 | $4,585.00 | $4,585.00 | $4,585.00 | 1.0× |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 1 | $477.00 | $477.00 | $477.00 | 1.0× |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 2 | $896.00 | $923.45 | $950.89 | 1.1× |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 1 | $1,156.40 | $1,156.40 | $1,156.40 | 1.0× |
| Cleveland, OH | 1 | $1,300.00 | $1,300.00 | $1,300.00 | 1.0× |
| Columbia, SC | 1 | $1,342.00 | $1,342.00 | $1,342.00 | 1.0× |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 15 | $740.90 | $740.90 | $740.90 | 1.0× |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 1 | $252.85 | $252.85 | $252.85 | 1.0× |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 2 | $888.94 | $888.94 | $888.94 | 1.0× |
| Devils Lake, ND single city | 1 | $634.40 | $634.40 | $634.40 | 1.0× |
| Dothan, AL | 1 | $3,435.76 | $3,435.76 | $3,435.76 | 1.0× |
| Duncan, OK | 1 | $3,389.76 | $3,389.76 | $3,389.76 | 1.0× |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | 1 | $2,178.15 | $2,178.15 | $2,178.15 | 1.0× |
| Fresno, CA | 1 | $4,099.20 | $4,099.20 | $4,099.20 | 1.0× |
| Goldendale, WA single city | 1 | $278.40 | $278.40 | $278.40 | 1.0× |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 1 | $634.40 | $634.40 | $634.40 | 1.0× |
| Grants, NM single city | 1 | $819.06 | $819.06 | $819.06 | 1.0× |
| Hailey, ID | 1 | $4,585.00 | $4,585.00 | $4,585.00 | 1.0× |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 2 | $496.65 | $496.65 | $496.65 | 1.0× |
| Iowa City, IA | 2 | $292.60 | $292.60 | $292.60 | 1.0× |
| Jackson, MS | 2 | $692.00 | $1,008.50 | $1,325.00 | 1.9× |
| Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 2 | $773.00 | $790.00 | $807.00 | 1.0× |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 1 | $1,929.30 | $1,929.30 | $1,929.30 | 1.0× |
| Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 1 | $298.66 | $298.66 | $298.66 | 1.0× |
| McCall, ID single city | 1 | $4,585.00 | $4,585.00 | $4,585.00 | 1.0× |
| Meadville, MS single city | 1 | $270.00 | $270.00 | $270.00 | 1.0× |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 2 | $854.00 | $1,164.50 | $1,475.00 | 1.7× |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 1 | $1,847.00 | $1,847.00 | $1,847.00 | 1.0× |
| Modesto, CA | 1 | $4,099.20 | $4,099.20 | $4,099.20 | 1.0× |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 3 | $339.22 | $591.80 | $603.99 | 1.8× |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 37 | $174.95 | $1,958.01 | $5,858.00 | 33.5× |
| Omaha, NE-IA | 1 | $1,590.84 | $1,590.84 | $1,590.84 | 1.0× |
| Park Rapids, MN single city | 1 | $338.80 | $338.80 | $338.80 | 1.0× |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 2 | $793.33 | $2,434.20 | $4,075.06 | 5.1× |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 2 | $195.00 | $2,713.51 | $5,232.01 | 26.8× |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 1 | $370.65 | $370.65 | $370.65 | 1.0× |
| Rochester, NY | 6 | $273.00 | $304.50 | $767.37 | 2.8× |
| Ruleville, MS single city | 1 | $239.00 | $239.00 | $239.00 | 1.0× |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 3 | $4,099.20 | $4,099.20 | $4,099.20 | 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 | $4,099.20 | $4,099.20 | $4,099.20 | 1.0× |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 2 | $4,099.20 | $4,099.20 | $4,099.20 | 1.0× |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 1 | $4,099.20 | $4,099.20 | $4,099.20 | 1.0× |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 1 | $28,557.50 | $28,557.50 | $28,557.50 | 1.0× |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 2 | $552.50 | $573.75 | $595.00 | 1.1× |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | 1 | $4,099.20 | $4,099.20 | $4,099.20 | 1.0× |
| Twin Falls, ID | 1 | $4,585.00 | $4,585.00 | $4,585.00 | 1.0× |
| Utica-Rome, NY | 1 | $257.40 | $257.40 | $257.40 | 1.0× |
| Vallejo, CA | 2 | $4,099.20 | $4,099.20 | $4,099.20 | 1.0× |
| Wahpeton, ND-MN | 1 | $369.05 | $369.05 | $369.05 | 1.0× |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 1 | $3,118.75 | $3,118.75 | $3,118.75 | 1.0× |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 1 | $37,451.75 | $37,451.75 | $37,451.75 | 1.0× |
Common questions
What is CDT code D7240?
CDT D7240 is the billing code for removal of an impacted tooth fully covered by bone, often a wisdom tooth. This is surgical removal of a tooth that is completely covered by jawbone, most often a wisdom tooth. The surgeon opens the gum, removes bone and often sections the tooth to take it out.
How is D7240 different from D7220 and D7230?
The codes depend on how deep the tooth sits: D7220 is covered only by gum, D7230 is partly in bone and D7240 is fully in bone; D7241 adds unusual surgical complications.
Is removing all four wisdom teeth one price?
No. Each tooth is billed separately under its own code, depending on how impacted it is.
Is it cheaper to pay cash or use insurance for impacted wisdom tooth removal?
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 impacted wisdom tooth removal has a median of $2,793.84 and the lowest a median of $305.00; at 101 of 115 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 impacted wisdom tooth removal?
Among 8 states with at least 5 hospitals listing a cash price, the median is lowest in Louisiana ($591.80), Mississippi ($692.00) and Texas ($740.90), and highest in Idaho ($4,585.00), California ($4,099.20) 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.