Cavity Filling Cost - Buyer Experiences and Price Information

I had a cracked amalgam filling replaced with composite, Aetna PPO insurance only paid for $180, leaving me with $300 cost.
Judging by what people are saying here, they overcharged me, and insurance really didn't cover much at all.

I paid 67 dollars out of 257 with Delta Dental PPO.
Feels good. But I would like to have my teeth cleaned as well. Not done yet. Have to make another schedule

Had 16 cavities in between my teeth due to years of acid reflux.Went to one dentist and was quoted $6095 and decided to get a second opinion new cost was $3,386 for the same work.

Just got back from dentist i have 8 cavities could only afford to do 1 today.. since i dont have insurance they knocked down the price from 155 to 100... They charged me $25.00 for x-rays and teeth cleaning.. I feel i got a good deal .. just need to fix the other 7 now . Dentist Located in Anaheim 714-772-5656

I went to the dentist to pay for my root canal and get my filling because it came off two month ago.. I went there thinking it was going to be 100+ after I was done it's cost 90 for the white filling and one X-ray.. :)

Dentist didn't give me any options or tell me that my insurance would cover less for composite filling.
Then, they tell me the whole charge is $575 and they'll run it through insurance. Guess what my post-insurance charge is? $575.

went to the dentist today and had a cavitiy on my molar. needed to grind basically the entire tooth down. looks like a normal tooth now! my HMO sucks! their telephone hotline is designed to hang up on you when you call them.

I feel bad for the dentist who cleaned my teeth. They were in pretty bad shape since I never went to dentist ever. I have had insurance for 5 yrs now but my teeth never bothered me and so I never bothered them :)
Anyways, I have Metlife Dental and went to in network doctor. It cos me out of pocket $406 for 9 fillings. 4 of them were 1 surface @ $34/filling and 5 of them were 2 surface @ $54/filling

Dentist charged 108, but Delta Dental says they only allow 58, I guess the only problem here is that the insurance company seems to be seriously out of date with their allowances.

Cracked/broken amalagam filling. Deemed restorative/cosmetic by Metlife PPO Insurance. Very disappointed at having to pay this cost, especially considering the health/safety concerns re: amalgam fillings.

We have medical AND dental insurance (Met Life). After all was said and done, we owe almost $175 per filling. I don't understand how that could be. Why do I bother paying dental insurance? I have yet to find a SINGLE DENTAL INSURER who actually makes me feel safe getting dental work done.

5 crowns @ $695/ea plus 3 fillings at different rates due to where they are. MetLife insurance pays $1000 per year (well $950 really after the $50 deductible). Subtract $237 for cleaning and x-rays and really I get 1 crown covered. I think I will cancel my insurance and go with a flexible spending account next year instead.

Son had a groupon for xray & exam, was told he had one cavity. wants to charge $295! haven't decided yet. Think they want to make back what they lost on the groupon. Says it's a small cavity; he doesn't even feel anything yet.

No insurance on this one ! 8-( bit down to feel a sharp pain - xrays & exam revealed 2 cracked fillings w/ decay under the bigger deeper one , a 3 surf and a 4 surf and 2 new 2 surf cavities to add to the fun ! All molars and 4 different apts. Filling replacing took longest and didn't numb me nearly enough , not much tooth left- deep and big but unnoticed thanx to composites - lucky to avoid crowns on those 2 he said - finished the both 2 surf fillings on the 4th visit. Found a gentler dentist now , thank god ! Needed a root canal and crown last summer and a few more cavities this exam - :(

I wasn't sure how much my dentist charges me per tooth. I saw on my treatment plans that I would have to pay $956 for four tooth. He said he found ONE cavity on each molars, and the cavity is located in between the tooth. I would have said it should be one surface, but it feels like I'm being charge for 3 since they have to drill out the other two to get to that particular cavity. =(

I was just recently added to my husbands insurance and decided to visit the dentist. I was told I have 8 cavities that need to be filled. The insurance is covering a good portion but it's still going to cost me $289.80 for the 1st four and $299.20 for the last four. General cost per filling is $157!

I have a cavity between teeth. Quoted me a 3 surf at 285 and a 2 surf at 239. After insurance I will have to pay $309. I thought this was high but based on everyone else's experience maybe not.

I am having this done by an experienced Dentist I have been going to since I was @ 6 years old.
I am 49. I would figure in how good your Dentist is as well.

Got ripped off in Santa Barbara. Clerk wouldn't tell me how much insurance was covering, said I had to pay $300 up front to cover what insurance wouldn't cover. I figured I should be getting most back like couple yrs ago for couple fillings. No. Got bill and dentist charged $315 and $295. After insurance, I end up paying $330???!!! What a rip. Can't assume things were like before when insurance covered everything. Should have asked dentist up front what costs were.

Paid 125 for checkup and xray, then came back expecting to pay about 100 for the fillings like the last time. Nope, ended up being 340, so 465 in total. Not going back there! No insurance, bills and life to pay for. And the reason I made the dentist appointment was something else I thought was wrong that really wasn't. Could have saved by not going at all. (Sault Ontario, not MI... no Canadian provinces in the list)

Had a bunch of dental work done when I was 18 including 3 root canals. Fear of dentist since then. I really should of learned my lesson and take better care of my teeth but then new cavities formed after not taking care of them for 10 years. Insurance paid 80% of my dental work.

I had a new cavity in a molar, dentist put in a composite filling for $220.00. He claimed that my amalgam (silver) filling that I had gotten years ago needed to be replaced, so he drilled it and replaced it with a composite for $275.00. Definitely feel bamboozled, as I went in for a cleaning and he rushed me through the fillings RIGHT AFTER, without really getting my consent.

Dentist' bill was $315 for resin composite-2 surfaces. Delta Dental PPO allowable allowance was $150 for comparable silver amalgam; so, I had to pay $235 to dentist: (50deductible, 20 copay, 165 white resin composite, not covered.)

Dentist said he gave me a discount. He took some x-rays, gave me an exam, and did a filling.

His office had two admin employees, one assistant, and one additional dentist.

my mother has $900 SS per month and luives in assisted living at $2300/month. I make up the differance. Now dentist wants $536 to fill two cavities.

Insurance paid $147.00. Total amount was $210.00. Tooth number 30. Amalgam would have been less. I have two insurances, one attached to my primary insurace and an add on secondary. I have spent $250.oo on the secondary so far and have spent $250.00 in dental charges. I did have a crown last year, but I think that I am about even in terms of insurance costs vs. payments.

Took my sons to the dentist and they each had one cavity which required filling. Even with insurance it was $185 per child. When I inquired as to what insurance paid, they said that the white fillings were not covered by insurance, but that they didn't even do silver fillings in the office. BUT-they submitted as silver fillings to the insurance which paid $110 which they said they passed the savings to us which meant that each filling was $295!!! I could not believe the cost even with insurance.

Cavities under two older mercury/silver fillings. Aetna insurance is not picking up much but... I am more than happy to get the mercury out of my mouth. Since they are pretty good size fillings I should cut my mercury exposure by about 1.8 micrograms/day. My old amalgam dentist actually freaked out when I inquired about replacing those very same 50% mercury amalgams with composites. I have two others that are going to get replaced here another month down the road. Not looking forward to the bill but I think it is worth it in my all around health. As I have found out cheap isnt always good for you.

I have CompDental through my employer (a school district). Their list of benefits says that each filling costs like $6. However, my dentist charges a $99 desensitizer fee per tooth. So, I need 4 fillings - close to $500 out of pocket for me even though I am esentially "covered" by insurance. This de-sensitizer is not a covered expense.

I can not believe how much it cost just to fix a cracked filling. I CAN NOT AFFORD insurance so I have to pay the cash. I was so upset at the prices of these things. This was a very small crack in the filling.