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    "edition": "2026.1",
    "generated_at": "2026-10-29T07:13:41.020Z",
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution_required": true,
    "attribution": "Real Dental Costs — https://realdentalcosts.com",
    "doi": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20531728",
    "methodology": "https://realdentalcosts.com/en/methodology/",
    "docs": "https://realdentalcosts.com/en/api/",
    "disclaimer": "Independent pricing and market research. NOT medical, dental or insurance advice."
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  "id": "rootcanal",
  "slug": "root-canal",
  "label": "Root canal",
  "category": "major",
  "basis": "estimated",
  "basis_note": "No collected per-state price exists. The national figure is scaled by the state's Restorative Cost Index (for the single implant, the index base itself: implant = Real Dental Costs' editorial estimate, edition 2026.1 (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20531728): not collected prices; state ranking validated against ASQ360 (Spearman 0.945), price levels not verified (requalified 2026-10-25, see /en/data-corrections/)). Defensible only inside the restorative regime (procedures mutually correlated 0.93-0.96). Treat as an estimate.",
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    "source_id": "rdc_national_procedure_cost_2026",
    "source": "Real Dental Costs national root canal range (published payer/provider fee data 2024-2026) scaled by the state Restorative Cost Index",
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    "period_end": "2026-06",
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    "updated": "2026-08-23",
    "modeled": true,
    "confidence": 59,
    "confidence_note": "No per-state source exists for this procedure; state values are modelled from the national range. Defensible inside the restorative regime only."
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  "provenance_note": "by_state[] entries inherit this provenance block; only `confidence` is recomputed per state band.",
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    "source": "https://realdentalcosts.com/data/us-dental-procedure-cost-2026.csv"
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  "priciest_state": null,
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      "state": "California",
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