How much does an emergency dental visit cost?

The typical emergency dentist visit cost is $69 (the median negotiated price), with the middle half of practices charging $58 to $84.

Emergency visit for dental pain. An urgent visit to deal with dental pain, covering the assessment and immediate relief.

Median negotiated

$69

observed midpoint

Middle half

$58 – $84

25th to 75th percentile

Practices

25,084

in the sample

Est. self-pay

$69 – $99

estimate, not observed

Emergency dentist visit cost nationally

Prices cluster fairly tightly, from $58 to $84 across the middle half of the market, so shopping around saves less here than on larger treatments.

Observed dataObserved negotiated rates. Every figure here is a real negotiated amount taken from payer files published under the federal Transparency in Coverage rule. These are what a dental plan pays a contracted practice - not a cash price.

Estimated self-payEstimated self-pay range, not an observation. We do not have observed cash prices, and we will not present a modelled number as though we did. This range is the upper half of the same observed negotiated distribution, shown because an uninsured patient generally pays at or above the highest negotiated tier. Treat it as a budgeting aid and ask any practice for a written quote.

What it covers

An urgent visit to deal with dental pain, covering the assessment and immediate relief.

What moves the price

Whether it is out of hours, and whether the practice has seen you before.

Normally included

Examination, diagnosis and immediate measures to settle the pain.

Usually billed separately

The actual fix. A root canal, extraction or filling is billed on top.

How plans treat it

Usually covered, though out-of-hours surcharges may not be.

Emergency dentist visit cost by state

Each bar is one state's observed distribution: the block is the middle half of the market, the vertical rule is the median, and the line reaching right runs out to the 90th percentile. The dashed line is the national median, so you can see at a glance which states sit above or below it.

Emergency visit for dental pain: observed negotiated price by state

Middle half (25th–75th)MedianNational median

The same figures as a table, lowest median first. Only states with at least 15 practices are listed.

Negotiated columns are observed. The self-pay column is an estimate derived from the upper half of the same distribution — see methodology. Column headings sort the table.
State	Negotiated range Observed	Median	Practices (n)	Est. self-pay Estimated
Arkansas	$52 – $68	$59	198	$59 – $88
Alabama	$52 – $76	$62	310	$62 – $100
Michigan	$49 – $82	$62	657	$62 – $104
Indiana	$51 – $74	$62	461	$62 – $89
District of Columbia	$40 – $73	$63	121	$63 – $86
Louisiana	$49 – $76	$64	338	$64 – $97
Kentucky	$54 – $82	$65	454	$65 – $95
Nebraska	$54 – $81	$65	183	$65 – $95
Colorado	$60 – $82	$65	581	$65 – $92
West Virginia	$57 – $81	$65	173	$65 – $99
Maryland	$56 – $81	$66	545	$66 – $96
Illinois	$58 – $80	$66	977	$66 – $93
Hawaii	$59 – $88	$66	53	$66 – $95
Iowa	$55 – $75	$67	218	$67 – $88
South Carolina	$59 – $80	$67	284	$67 – $91
Pennsylvania	$56 – $80	$68	1,221	$68 – $95
Texas	$58 – $83	$68	2,278	$68 – $94
Ohio	$55 – $85	$68	860	$68 – $100
Massachusetts	$61 – $81	$68	745	$68 – $96
Missouri	$56 – $82	$68	482	$68 – $95
Idaho	$59 – $82	$68	142	$68 – $99
New York	$58 – $83	$68	1,529	$68 – $99
Tennessee	$56 – $83	$68	541	$68 – $95
Nevada	$58 – $80	$68	294	$68 – $96
New Mexico	$56 – $78	$68	155	$68 – $92
Virginia	$59 – $82	$68	691	$68 – $95
North Dakota	$57 – $88	$68	32	$68 – $111
Delaware	$54 – $84	$68	49	$68 – $95
New Jersey	$57 – $84	$69	905	$69 – $101
Oklahoma	$59 – $85	$70	328	$70 – $96
Florida	$58 – $84	$70	1,676	$70 – $94
Mississippi	$55 – $85	$70	208	$70 – $95
Utah	$64 – $86	$71	293	$71 – $97
Oregon	$62 – $91	$71	240	$71 – $104
Puerto Rico	$67 – $83	$71	31	$71 – $104
North Carolina	$60 – $88	$72	701	$72 – $104
Arizona	$62 – $84	$72	610	$72 – $98
Kansas	$56 – $86	$72	251	$72 – $95
Connecticut	$62 – $94	$73	353	$73 – $104
Georgia	$60 – $86	$74	697	$74 – $99
Rhode Island	$61 – $95	$75	53	$75 – $108
New Hampshire	$60 – $94	$75	57	$75 – $111
Vermont	$61 – $89	$76	18	$76 – $105
California	$66 – $92	$77	2,604	$77 – $108
Wisconsin	$58 – $97	$78	346	$78 – $114
Minnesota	$66 – $94	$78	295	$78 – $112
Washington	$61 – $94	$80	599	$80 – $109
Montana	$65 – $101	$80	54	$80 – $126
South Dakota	$71 – $85	$82	37	$82 – $102
Alaska	$64 – $109	$83	38	$83 – $122
Wyoming	$74 – $111	$90	37	$90 – $114
Maine	$66 – $101	$91	52	$91 – $112

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Common questions

What should I ask the practice before agreeing?

What will the treatment itself cost once you know what is wrong?

Is this the price I will pay without insurance?

No. The $58 to $84 range above is what dental plans have negotiated with contracted practices. If you are uninsured you will generally be quoted at or above the top of that range. We show an estimated self-pay range, clearly marked as an estimate, because we do not observe cash prices — see the methodology.

What is not included in this price?

The actual fix. A root canal, extraction or filling is billed on top.

How do dental plans usually treat this?

Usually covered, though out-of-hours surcharges may not be.

How many practices is this based on?

This national figure comes from 25,084 separate dental practices. Each practice contributes one observation, which is the median of every rate it holds for this treatment.