$399 dental implants: what the ad price covers and what the full bill looks like

Decode an ad below: type the advertised price, tick what the ad says it includes, then tell the tool what your case needs.

What a $399 implant ad usually prices

A single-tooth implant is three parts, billed as separate lines with their own CDT codes:

1. The post (D6010). A titanium screw placed in the jawbone during surgery. The code reads "surgical placement of implant body (endosteal implant)". It is the part low-price ads usually name: a Florida implant practice's guide to $399 offers says the price "only covers the initial implant and does not include the necessary procedures of abutting and crowning it".
2. The abutment (D6056 or D6057). The connector that joins the post to the crown, either prefabricated (D6056) or custom-made (D6057).
3. The crown (D6058 or D6065). The visible tooth. D6058 is a porcelain or ceramic crown on an abutment; D6065 is a porcelain or ceramic crown supported directly by the implant.

Around those three parts, a case can add other lines: a cone beam CT scan of part of the jaw (D0364), the extraction of the tooth being replaced (D7140 for an erupted tooth, D7210 for a surgical extraction) and a bone graft at the time the implant is placed (D6104). On the state Medicaid fee schedules we archived, the scan is priced from $137.50 to $281.79 (5 schedules), an extraction from $33.00 to $181.86 (8 schedules) and a graft from $227.41 to $610.02 (4 schedules). Those are what a public program pays; private offices set their own prices, often higher.

The practical test is simple: if the ad names one part, the other two are still on the bill. Ask which codes the advertised price covers before you compare it with anything else.

Official fee schedules price the post alone above $399 in 7 of 8 schedules

A state Medicaid dental fee schedule is a dated, public list of what the program pays a dentist for each code. Of the schedules Real Dental Costs has archived, 8 print an amount for the implant post (D6010):

Only Missouri lists the post below $399, at $373.11; Kentucky lists the highest amount, $2,001.07. Where a schedule prices all three parts, the post is the largest line: the median split across those 6 schedules is 50% post, 17% abutment and 33% crown. Those shares are what the decoder uses to price the parts an ad leaves out.

These amounts are a yardstick, not a quote, and not a statement of coverage. Michigan's schedule marks its implant codes as a covered benefit for Children's Special Health Care Services only, and the Tennessee file is the children's schedule. Kentucky and New York are general adult schedules. For the District of Columbia, Iowa, Missouri and New Jersey, we have not verified which adults the codes apply to: a code on a schedule does not mean the state pays for implants for adults. See whether Medicaid covers dental implants for the state rules, and our 2026 Medicaid dental fee index for the full files.

What a complete single implant costs

Aspen Dental's published prices. On its implant cost page, read on November 12, 2026, Aspen Dental says patients pay $4,259 per implant on average, with a range of $3,158 to $6,533 from its 2026 internal data. It states that a single implant typically includes surgical placement plus three main parts: the implant post, the abutment and the crown. With its savings plan ($49 a year, which Aspen says is not insurance), the average is $3,571 and the range $2,859 to $4,597. Aspen adds that additional charges may apply for other required work, including extractions, and it does not accept Medicaid.

Real Dental Costs estimates. Our estimate for a complete single implant is $3,760 to $5,733 nationally, with an average of $4,507. By state, the average estimate runs from $3,759 in Alabama to $5,733 in California. These are editorial estimates (edition 2026.1), not prices collected from offices; the decoder uses them to price the parts an ad does not include. The full state list is on our dental implant cost page.

Set next to these figures, a $399 ad is a starting point, not a price for a tooth. If the full bill is out of reach, our guide to free and low-cost dental implants lists dental schools, trials and charity programs, and the Medicaid implant guide covers state rules.

Is a $399 implant ad legal?

A low advertised price is not illegal in itself, and a real offer to place an implant post for $399 is not bait by definition. Two sets of rules deal with the gap between the price in an ad and what the patient ends up paying.

Federal guides on bait advertising. The Federal Trade Commission's guides define the practice in 16 CFR 238.0:

Bait advertising is an alluring but insincere offer to sell a product or service which the advertiser in truth does not intend or want to sell. Its purpose is to switch consumers from buying the advertised merchandise, in order to sell something else, usually at a higher price or on a basis more advantageous to the advertiser.

and add in 16 CFR 238.2(a):

No statement or illustration should be used in any advertisement which creates a false impression of the grade, quality, make, value, currency of model, size, color, usability, or origin of the product offered…

Florida's disclosure rule. Florida Statutes, section 456.062 (2026 Florida Statutes) applies to "any advertisement for a free, discounted fee, or reduced fee service, examination, or treatment" from practitioners licensed under a list of chapters that includes chapter 466, the dentistry chapter. Such an ad must carry this statement in capital letters:

THE PATIENT AND ANY OTHER PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT HAS A RIGHT TO REFUSE TO PAY, CANCEL PAYMENT, OR BE REIMBURSED FOR PAYMENT FOR ANY OTHER SERVICE, EXAMINATION, OR TREATMENT THAT IS PERFORMED AS A RESULT OF AND WITHIN 72 HOURS OF RESPONDING TO THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE FREE, DISCOUNTED FEE, OR REDUCED FEE SERVICE, EXAMINATION, OR TREATMENT.

The statement is not required when the ad appears in a classified directory whose main purpose is to offer products and services at free, reduced or discounted prices, as long as the statement appears there prominently at least once.

Florida is the only state rule we reviewed for this page; other states may have their own. This is not legal advice.

Questions to ask before you book the $399 consultation

1. Can I have a written list of what the price includes, with a CDT code on each line? The decoder above tells you what a missing line usually adds.
2. Is the 3D scan included? If the office plans a cone beam CT scan (D0364), it is billed as its own line.
3. Does the tooth need to come out first, and is the extraction included? D7140 and D7210 are separate codes.
4. Could I need a bone graft, and what would it cost? A graft at placement is D6104; ask for the price before surgery, not after.
5. Is the abutment stock or custom, and is it in the price? D6056 and D6057 are separate codes; 4 of the 6 schedules above that list both price them differently.
6. What guarantees come with the post, the abutment and the crown, and for how long? Ask for them in writing.

For a quote you already have, our dental quote checker reads each line.

How we built this page

1. Fee schedules. Amounts for D6010, D6056, D6057, D6058, D6065, D0364, D7140, D7210 and D6104 are read by code from the state Medicaid dental fee schedules archived in our repository, each with its source URL, effective date, download date and SHA-256 checksum: District of Columbia (ada.org, effective 2026-07-04); Iowa (secureapp.dhs.state.ia.us, effective 2026-01-01); Kentucky (chfs.ky.gov, effective 2026-01-01); Michigan (ada.org, effective 2026-03-11); Missouri (ada.org, effective 2026-07-07); New Jersey (ada.org, effective 2026-01-01); New York (ada.org, effective 2026-01-01); Tennessee (ada.org). A schedule is included when it prints D6010 with a positive amount. Codes left blank or listed at $0 are treated as not priced. No fee on this page is typed by hand.
2. Shares. For each schedule that prices D6010, D6056 and D6058, each part is divided by the three-part total; the page and the decoder use the median share of each part, rescaled to add up to 100%.
3. Extras. Lowest, median and highest amount across the archived schedules: D0364 for the scan; D7140 (lowest) to D7210 (highest) for an extraction, with the median of both codes; D6104 for a graft.
4. Complete implant. Real Dental Costs editorial estimate, edition 2026.1 (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20531728), national and by state; Aspen Dental figures read on its cost page on November 12, 2026.
5. Legal texts. Quoted from the Florida Statutes site and the Cornell Legal Information Institute copy of 16 CFR Part 238, read on November 12, 2026.
6. AI assistance. AI coding tools helped write the code and draft this text; every figure was checked against its source file or page.

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