Methods of Payment
Most of your Pasadena dentists will strive to create the best payment plan possible that suits your particular needs. Some patients will use dental insurance to cover most of the costs. Other patients will find that their treatments are actually covered by health insurance, for example wisdom teeth that have impacted bone. Patients can either use insurance or pay out-of-pocket for their expenses. Monthly payment plans can be set up for those who find such a plan to be more amenable to their particular financial situation.
Cost of Preventative Services
The cost of preventative services will vary from place to place, depending not only on the state and city, but also the insurance plan coverage, age of patient, etc. According to averages across Los Angeles, expect to pay competitively priced fees like following.
- Child, cleaning - $69.00
- Adult, clening - $99.00
- Bite-wing x-rays - $65.00
- Panoramic x-rays - $155.00
- Sealant (per tooth) - $55.00
Cost of Specialty Services
Cost of specialty services vary tremendously due to the particular circumstances of each patient and the type of specialty service they elect. For example, a simple filling can differ by whether it's performed on a baby or permanent tooh, front or rear tooth, material, surface coverage, and amount of material used. Some costs are given below for reference only, but don't accept them as hard numbers because you no two patients should expect to have exactly the same treatments.
Fillings
- Permanent tooth, silver filling - $146.00 to $194.00
- Permanent front tooth, composite filling - $138.00 to $283.00
- Permanent rear tooth, composite filling - $140.00 to $326.00
- Pulp capping - $99.00
- Anterior tooth, root canal - $714.00
- Biscupid, root canal - $864.00
- Molar, root canal - $1094.00
- Hemisection - $570.00
- Re-recement crown - $103.00
- Porcelain on top of non-precious metal - $1025.00
- Porcelain on gold - $1325.00
- All metal crown (not gold) - $1025.00
- Gold crown - $1268.00