Dental Bone Graft Cost - Buyer Experiences and Price Information

I went in for an extraction and asked for an implantation at the same time. Apparently the root was infected so a graft was placed while it healed. The surgeon charged $900 for just the graft material. After the procedure I asked around and found out that the graft material costs $200 tops. This man made a 400% profit on the graft material.

Insurance and OS both said 100% coverage of extraction.
But what no one tells you is that doesn't include bone graft which nearly every extraction requires in order implant at a later date.
The material cost is about $25-100/cc. Nice markup and wide range of cost and billing. Wow!
Dis-graceful!
no wonder the office is all granite and the cars are Maseratis. Greed is good!

I thought I was paying to much for the service. And they didn't let me know I needed bone graft until they had removed my tooth, so that is why I thought they just gave me a high price.

I just had one teeth extraction and bone graft got a bill $2000, insurance paid $1000 and and $500 out of pocket, $500 discounted by insurance company. I had 12 implants 2 years ago in Chicago, everthing include 2300 each(extraction, bone graft,implant and crown). This dentist wants to do implant for me, no way, I would rather drive 5 hours to have it done in Chicago.

Crown/Bridge fell out. Went to College Dental. One Crown, One tooth removed #3 due to infection & damage. I paid the extra for general, as required $299, I was awake & scared the whole time. I mentioned to nurse after, she just said, weird. After looking at xrays after proves he never should have removed. More then half of the tooth was in sinus cavity. Sinus perforation (sinus communication)occurred in two places. Pain, Migraines, liquids, Air & food went back and forth. Dr. Yun said I needed a bone graft with gel cover. Costing over $3000. I said I have insurance. He ran it through insurance and said it was not covered. I asked him 5 times to try again with different methods. He said I could just leave & continue with the pain & connection. After surgery, I reviewed our insurance, & there are MANY ways he could have done the surgery that were covered, for less the $300. The week I went for my follow up, WOKE WITH CONNECTION AGAIN. He stated, it would heal in time, it is now larger.

I have only 12 eeth left in my mouth. Have been told ALL are loose. 4 I can feel that are ready to fall out. Upper gums are now at the roof of my mouh and bottom gums have receeded also to next to nothing. Was told it would cost me $75,000 to have my mouth back to normal. I don't have thiis kind of money. Is this true on the cost?

My dentist extracted two teeth, upper wisdom and adjacent molar, and I had one bone graft. the graft was not covered by insurance, and I paid out of pocket $590.00. Looks like this was a fair and reasonable cost. The extractions were $310.00 each, and were partially covered by insurance.

A year ago, I had (2) teeth pulled, and bone grafting for dental implants. Apparently I have bone loss and this was to ensure no movement. January 2014, I go in for the actual impants using IV sedation. ($1,500.00)
May 2014, I am told I am ready for the (2) crowns.
September 2014, (1) impant is wiggly. My regular dentist did an x-ray after he realized the crown was NOT wiggly. The x-ray showed BONE LOSS around the now wiggly implant. My dentist says, "I have never seen this before". I am asking, "where did the bone I paid for go?" Now the periodontist, wants to "explore" to see if he can fix it. He wants me to take halcion and novacaine. He flat out said, he did not want to pay (himself) for the anesthesia, even though I PAID for it, for the procedure. He admitted, he also, "never saw this happen". The crown cannot be used again either. This is so NOT FAIR. Even Public Health thought that was being reasonable. I have no health factors that caused this to fail. We went over that too.

A year ago, I had (2) teeth pulled, and bone grafting for dental implants. Apparently I have bone loss and this was to ensure no movement. January 2014, I go in for the actual impants using IV sedation. ($1,500.00)
May 2014, I am told I am ready for the (2) crowns.
September 2014, (1) impant is wiggly. My regular dentist did an x-ray after he realized the crown was NOT wiggly. The x-ray showed BONE LOSS around the now wiggly implant. My dentist says, "I have never seen this before". I am asking, "where did the bone I paid for go?" Now the periodontist, wants to "explore" to see if he can fix it. He wants me to take halcion and novacaine. He flat out said, he did not want to pay (himself) for the anesthesia, even though I PAID for it, for the procedure. He admitted, he also, "never saw this happen". The crown cannot be used again either. This is so NOT FAIR. Even Public Health thought that was being reasonable. I have no health factors that caused this to fail. We went over that too.

The dentist said I needed 7cc's of bone @ $1100 per cc. Is this a reasonable amount? This was to secure an implant the was infected.

My husband was traveling, had issues with a tooth. He got prices on the extraction of the bad tooth, preping for implant & the implant. They wanted a deposit up front even though he was filling out the necessary paperwork for a Care Credit loan.(First alarm!!) After a week of antibiotics, he went back for follow up & to get bad tooth extracted. At the appointment they had an estimated charge for everything which was very high-$12,000 for 2 teeth. He called me & we decided to wait & get another estimate. He told them that he only wanted to get tooth extracted-a charge of $287.00. During extraction, the dentist told him the tooth next to extracted one needed a bone Graf or it would do the same as one being extracted. He explained there was space around tooth root & it would become loose & require extraction. This had not been discussed prior to the extraction. Was this price $1139.00 plus the charge of $287.00 for extraction too high? If so, what is a typical charge for the bone Graf?

Just saw the dentist today. Informed I am in need of two extractions and two bone graphs. My insurance does not cover bone grafts. Is $700 each a good price, or should I look to another opinion?

I'm an older woman who has had several bone graft/implant procedures over a 20year period. The implants were all molars. This procedure is superior to bridges and other dental appliances if one has resources to pay for it. The implants feel like one's natural teeth. I figure the overall cost at $3000 per implant including graft and x rays. I would do it again with no hesitation.

I had implants come out after many years. Truckee oral surgeon, Dan Martin, cleaned out the infection at cost of more than $500. For cost of bone material ($32) could have grafted before suturing but wanted full bone grafting code paid in advance (even though 99% of work was already done). I didn't have the money (real estate sales, no income) so he closed the hollow defect to fill with interstitial tissue. I had to graft again before implants could be installed. Separate surgery, long term healing. CIRO Dental Clinic in Los Algodones, Mx, did 4 root canals, 2 extractions, 4 bridges and 2 crowns, plus graft and 3 implants with 5 unit bridge for about $8,000.

I am in pure shock at what I am experiencing. I'm 39 and have next to NO bone in upper jaw line. This means that a denture will not hold either because gum line is receding as well. I don't find this to be dental I find this to be medical however insurance does NOT agree with this. Even if it means having to leave my current job as a GM and have to go into a field of work to where I don't have to talk - a lesser paying career. Insurance won't pay for bone graft / hospital stay / anesthesiologist - nothing. There was an infection pocket found under sinus cap area / I'm osteoperosian . . .so in total I'm looking at an out of pocket bill for about $20,000.00+ this will financially destroy us . . .I just don't understand!

I had an estimate for implants in July 2013. I have AmeriPlan, which negotiates discounted rates with dentists, chiropractors, prescriptions, etc. for only $15 per month. It is not insurance, they just negotiate the same rates the insurance company would have received on behalf of the consumer. I was told $2,475 per tooth which included the bone graft, implant and crown.

Oral surgeon quoted $4000 to do a bone graft from a cadaver for 2 teeth, plus $1800 for each implant so far $7600 plus the 2 crowns $2400 so a total of $10000 for 2 teeth it is robbery because they know they have you I went from crowns to bridge to partial and it is so painful to wear why didn't dentist say to do the implants right away now I have little bone left and require grafting so now I need $20000 to have bone grafts 4 implants 4 crowns

Of course the surgeon gave an estimate of $425-$875, and it was the highest! He said while doing the procedure, he was using one cc of cadaver bone, and at he also mentioned he wasn't using it all and told the assistant to set it aside in case he needed more. It made me curious, wondering how much he would have used to make it the $425! He made it sound like he didn't need to do a lot? Was I just an easy target to overcharge??? In all I paid $2975.00 and that included the implant and cuff. My insurance will cover about $600.00 of that!