What are you paying for a filling without insurance?

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Kat
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What are you paying for a filling without insurance?

#1 Post by Kat »

Thought I'd ask here if you don't mind please. I think $223.00 per filling is way to much, small or larger that's what they are hitting me up for.

Something tells me this is way high...?
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#2 Post by socksy »

I just had a filling in preparation for getting my braces on and it cost $400. I live in Los Angeles, CA.
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#3 Post by Kat »

:shock:


WOW!
I have heard that sometimes some dentists charge more for front teeth but that's hard to swallow!

Guess this is the business to be in.
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#4 Post by Gennel »

Also with insurance the charge is different. For example with insurance the total cost for one of my fillings was around $150. Without insurance it was around $200. Like Meryaten said, it depends on the type of filling,the size and also which tooth...


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#5 Post by TumbleDryLow »

I have no dental insurance as well. I go to a wonderful but expensive dentist who only does composite fillings. With that said, I think a 3 surface is something like 350-375, a two surface is 250-275 and one surface 150-175. Ish....
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Lela
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#6 Post by Lela »

It was between $200-300 for the composite fillings my kids had almost three years ago. We opted to extract several baby teeth since it was much cheaper :(

The extractions left plenty of room for their expanders to go in without needing spacers though....
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#7 Post by iamtheotherme »

I'm just now doing some flexible spending account paperwork for my last filling before braces. I live in northern Massachusetts, about 20 miles outside Boston. The filling was a three-surface composite resin on my upper right lateral incisor and was $243.

To me it's worth every penny because my dentist is an artist. She matches the color perfectly, smooths out every spot, and works so gently that I don't feel any pain or sensitivity in the tooth afterwards.

This is how I look at it: you've got to live with these fillings a long time, so for the comfort and the appearance, you may have to pay a bit more.

I hope you don't have too many fillings to take care of before braces (I had too many to count). Good luck!
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