Updated September 28, 2026
The short answer
Without insurance, the published price of a complete denture runs from $395 to $499 per arch at the national chains’ entry tiers to $2,300 and up at their premium tiers, always before extractions.
Those are the providers’ own published prices, read on September 28, 2026: Aspen Dental publishes a Basic denture at $499 per arch (with its $49-a-year savings plan membership, which is a discount club, not insurance) and lists its Classic tier at $871 to $1,330 per arch with a stated average of $1,071. Affordable Dentures & Implants’ location pages list an Economy denture from $395 per arch, its replacement-denture price; a first-time wearer buys its New Denture Wearer Package instead, published at $729 to $939 per arch by office. A denture is priced per arch, so a full upper and lower set is roughly double, plus extractions and follow-up work.
Providers’ and programs’ own published figures, retrieved September 28, 2026; the Colorado floor is the Health First Colorado fee schedule effective July 1, 2026.
What the chains publish
Two national chains publish denture prices on their own sites, and their figures are the most useful anchor that exists, because there has been no national survey of dental fees since the ADA discontinued its Survey of Dental Fees in 2023. Every figure below is per arch.
| Provider and tier | Published price, per arch | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Aspen Dental, Basic | $499 | Flat price with the $49/year savings plan membership |
| Aspen Dental, Classic | $871 to $1,330 (average $1,071) | Range across locations, published by Aspen |
| Aspen Dental, Signature | $1,295 to $1,971 (average $1,488) | Range across locations, published by Aspen |
| Aspen Dental, Signature Elite | $1,655 to $2,391 (average $1,841) | Range across locations, published by Aspen |
| Aspen Dental, cast partial denture | $1,167 to $1,721 (average $1,395) | Range across locations, published by Aspen |
| Affordable Dentures & Implants, Economy (replacement) | from $395 | Published on its location pricing pages, such as Wichita, KS and Colorado Springs, CO; first-time packages from $729 |
| Affordable Dentures & Implants, premium tiers | to about $1,795 to $2,215 | Per-location tier tables; tiers and prices differ by office |
Read the tiers carefully. The $395 to $499 entry dentures are the chains’ basic acrylic products, often tied to a package or membership, and the price never includes extractions: Affordable Dentures & Implants lists extractions from $105 to $109 per tooth with a denture package depending on the office, and Aspen says extractions and relines cost extra without publishing a figure. Nobody in the chain segment publishes a reline price at all. An immediate denture placed the day of extraction also needs a reline months later as the gums heal, and that is a real cost the sticker price does not show.
Two anchors that are not retail prices
Two other published numbers put the retail figures in context. Colorado’s Medicaid program pays dentists $834.38 for a complete upper denture and $835.88 for a complete lower on its fee schedule effective July 1, 2026; that is what the program reimburses a provider, a floor, and never a retail price. And the dental school route is measured: the CU Anschutz School of Dental Medicine in Aurora publishes that its student clinic fees run up to 50 percent less than local private practices, with dentures listed at $500 to $700 in the student clinic against $1,600 to $2,000 in local private practice.
Ways to pay less
Medicaid, if you qualify
38 states plus DC cover adult dentures, usually once per five to ten years. Our state-by-state Medicaid denture table has every state’s rule with a source.
Dental schools
The ADA counts 79 accredited US dental schools, and their supervised student clinics price well below private practice; the CU Anschutz figures above are a published example.
Sliding-fee health centers
HRSA-funded community health centers charge on a sliding scale based on income; the federal Find a Health Center tool locates one near you.
On Medicare?
Original Medicare pays nothing toward dentures, but most Medicare Advantage plans now carry some dental benefit. Our Medicare and dentures page covers what that is worth.
Frequently asked questions
How much are dentures without insurance?
Published chain prices run from $395 to $499 per arch at entry tiers to $1,655 to $2,391 per arch at premium tiers, before extractions. A full set is roughly double the per-arch price. Independent practices set their own fees, and no national fee survey has existed since 2023, so the chain-published figures are the honest public anchor. The one broad survey that does exist is a lender’s: CareCredit’s 2026 commissioned research (ASQ360°) puts full traditional dentures at a $2,022 national average and Colorado’s traditional-denture average at $2,166, useful for scale but financing-company research, not a provider’s own price.
Why do denture prices vary so much?
Materials and process (basic acrylic against higher-grade teeth and digital workflows), location (the same chain publishes different prices in different cities), and what the package includes. Extractions, immediate dentures and relines are usually priced separately.
Is a dental savings plan the same as insurance?
No. A savings plan, like the $49-a-year membership behind Aspen Dental’s $499 Basic denture price, is a discount club: you pay the fee and get the member price. It pays no claims and has no coverage limits, and it is only worth what the discounted price is.
What is the cheapest legitimate route to dentures?
If your income qualifies you for Medicaid in a covering state, that is the cheapest route. Otherwise dental school clinics publish the lowest prices we have found from a named source, with CU Anschutz listing dentures at $500 to $700, and sliding-fee health centers scale the bill to income.
More cost and coverage answers
How much dentures cost
Every published chain price, per arch, with dates and sources.
Medicaid, state by state
Whether your state covers adult dentures: all 50 states and DC, sourced.
Medicare and dentures
What Original Medicare pays, and what Advantage plans actually add.
Snap-on and implant dentures
The published implant-denture figures and what moves them.
Affordable Dentures prices
What the chain’s offices publish: replacement against package pricing.
Sources and how this page works
Every figure traces to a source read on September 28, 2026: Aspen Dental’s denture cost page and its denture comparison page, Affordable Dentures & Implants location pricing pages, the Health First Colorado dental fee schedule, the CU Anschutz School of Dental Medicine patient pages, and the ADA’s Health Policy Institute on the discontinued fee survey, and CareCredit’s denture cost survey (ASQ360° research, 2026). We keep dated snapshots of every source, prices are the providers’ own and change without notice, and no one can pay to change a figure on this page. Spot something stale? Tell us.
