how much have you paid for a crown?

**Like2Plan** · 03-03-2016, 03:53 AM

I am in the process of getting a crown (I'm waiting for the permanent crown to come back from the lab). The cost of the crown was $1485 (I live in a HCOL area). Dental ins will cover half. I've had the same dentist for 30 years. He has done good work for me over the years. He went to part time a few years ago--I think he is getting ready to retire. (I'm going to miss him when he does retire, but I will also be happy for him.

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**JulieAlbright** · 03-03-2016, 05:14 AM

My son had one over the summer, root canal plus porcelain crown over metal. The total was around $1400. Insurance picked up about 80% I think.

We had to switch to a Blue Cross network dental practice (our insurance is PPO). I really liked our old Dentist but the rates just kept going up and up and I just couldn't justify paying the out of network prices anymore.

**MonkeyMama** · 03-03-2016, 05:20 AM

Good dentists are priceless and I don't know that I would shop around at this point. Because I would think it would take some time to get a feel for a dentist's quality and honesty.

But... We were forced to change dentists when ours retired. We initially chose to keep him a decade after moving 100 miles away, because I was referred to some really scammy dentists. (Ugh)! But when push came to shove we found a good dentist with integrity. I actually didn't ask anyone for a recommendation, after some horrible experiences, and I seriously found our current dentist on the internet. Since we have never had any dental insurance, I learned I should have been seeking out dentists that cater to the insurance-less. What I did was just google "honest" and "conservative" ("conservative" was a tip from a dentist friend). We ended up with a dentist of high quality and integrity who is absolutely dirt cheap. Cost wasn't really a factor for us (as long as we were paying for work we actually needed) but it's been a nice bonus to pay substantially less for our dental work. I have no idea what he charges for crowns, so no input there. We've been going to him for a few years so my trust in him is growing over time.

All this to say I am sure you can find a cheaper dentist who is also better. But I wouldn't blame you for just sticking with someone you trust. & beware of people with glowing reviews of their dentists.

**FLA** · 03-03-2016, 06:31 AM

my insurance only has 2 clinics in the city that are in-network, every other dentist is out of network. I'm willing to pay out of network. it sounds like the price is not so far off the mark and he really does good work. The area of the crown is surrounded by two other teeth with fillings. I had a terrible dentist who put one big filling across two of the teeth (I could never floss in between) and it kept falling out. So this dentist has been slowly repairing all the shoddy work of the first dentist as that whole side really was a mess. So it may cost more because he had to clean up the area first.

I really like this guy and the work he has done has always been very good, I think I'll stay.

**Weird Tolkienish Figure** · 03-03-2016, 06:52 AM

My wife had a bad tooth, they drilled, put a crown on it, and the crown broke a year later and the tooth was just pulled anyway. Think the entire thing cost over $1500, and when the crown crack they wanted another $1500.

We didn't go back to that dentist.

**LivingAlmostLarge** · 03-03-2016, 03:42 PM

HCOLA $2k. Going rate because I shopped around and meet more than 1 dentist. $2k for my implant. $500 extraction. I had a crown done originally at 18, it lasted 17 years because it became abcessed and had to have it pulled. Ugh. It was a 1 year process because you pull then heal, then implant then heal, then crown. Oh well. Good dental hygiene is worth time and money. The pain and suffering is terrible.

**Leo** · 03-09-2016, 09:08 AM

My old dentist charges twice compare to average but she is the best dentist I ever had. I had to change dentist due to insurance but I can really tell the difference of the work.

I would grade my old dentist A+ for a $1500/crown and B to my current dentist for a $750/crown.

**FLA** · 03-09-2016, 12:12 PM

so the temporary crown broke eating cheerios, not boding well for my fancy pants dentist. But the hygienist told me to come right in and swears this new stuff easily lasts decades so don't be alarmed. And of course they will fix the temporary one free of charge. I'm gonna try to wait it out, it only broke on the side.

**LivingAlmostLarge** · 03-12-2016, 06:44 AM

temporary crowns fall out a lot and break. Not unusual.

**FLA** · 03-12-2016, 09:23 AM

I will have dental ins until Dec when Cobra runs out. Then I am going to switch to a dentist who takes a dental savings plan. I was just reading about them in Consumer Reports and my parents use one. You buy in, ours was about $150 for a family (and they would consider my parents and an adult child living at the same address a family, much to my surprise) and then you get up to 60% off at participating dentists. my folks have a very good dentist and he participates. I actually think my parents pay less this way for preventative care than I do as my dentist is not a preferred provider with my not so hot insurance. The preferred providers are only a handful of unheard of dentists in the city and the chain Aspen Dental.

**Permanent Temp** · 03-18-2016, 10:22 AM

I paid $550 I think after insurance for a porcelain one.

**FrankFacts** · 03-20-2016, 04:58 PM

[Not totally related: I saw this post and thought it was about purchasing a royal crown or something like that... apparently I need more experience with dental.

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**FLA** · 03-20-2016, 05:12 PM

no, no royal crown here, although DD thinks she deserves one.

**amarowsky** · 03-24-2016, 11:31 AM

An old filling it going bad, so I actually have to get one this up coming Tuesday. I asked the front desk gal, and with my dental insurance (Aetna), she think's it'll be around $700 (ish? +/-100 probably). But I had another old filling that was able to just be re-filled, and she may have been including that in the price.

F.w.i.w. my insurance does 90% cost for fillings + Routine stuff
only 50% for Crowns

how much have you paid for a crown?