The Wisdom Tooth Clinicfor Teens and Adults
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What it costs

This is a self-pay practice. You are quoted one price for your own case at your consultation, in writing, before anything is booked — and nothing is added to it afterwards without you agreeing first. We are out of network with every dental plan, and we do not bill insurance or check your benefits. If you carry cover, what you claim back is between you and your plan. Payment plans are available if you would rather spread it.

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Requesting a time takes about ninety seconds and no account. Your price is confirmed at the consultation, before anything is booked in.

Where the number comes from

Quoted after the surgeon has looked.

What needs doing is decided from your scan and your examination, not from a description over the phone — so the number is for your case rather than an average, and it is written down before anything is booked.

Dr. Peter K. Cudjoe standing beside a consultation desk

Which plan pays for what

Dental cover is the one that usually responds to a third molar. Medical cover can respond where there is pathology documented alongside it, so that is the case we look at.

Where medical can respond

  • A documented infection around the tooth
  • A cyst or other pathology found on the scan
  • Damage the wisdom tooth has done to the tooth in front of it
  • A documented medical reason for the anaesthetic

Where dental usually responds

  • Removal of an erupted wisdom tooth
  • Removal of an impacted wisdom tooth with no pathology alongside it
  • Socket preservation after the extraction
  • Sedation billed against a dental surgical code

These are patterns, not rules

Which plan responds depends on your own policy and on what the scan actually shows. Most medical plans do not pay for routine third-molar removal, so we do not plan around it — you are quoted one price for your case, and any cover is set against that.

How pricing works here

Three steps, and no claim to wait on at the end of them.

  1. You come in for a consultation

    The surgeon looks at your scan and examines you. What needs doing is decided from what is actually there, not from a description over the phone.

  2. You are quoted one price, in writing

    For your own case, before anything is booked, with what it does and does not include set out. You take it away and think about it if you want to.

  3. That is the price you pay

    Nothing is added afterwards without you agreeing to it first, and there is no second bill weeks later once a claim has been adjudicated. Payment plans are arranged before your surgery date.

Dr. Peter K. Cudjoe seated beside a patient, both looking at a tablet he is holding

Questions about paying

Why is the price not on this page?
Florida requires that any advertised fee carry a minimum-fee disclaimer, the exact procedure code, and a stated period during which it applies. Those are met when we quote you directly, where the disclaimer travels with the number. Publishing a figure here without all three would not be lawful, and publishing one that is not actually your case would not be useful.
Do you take my insurance?
No. We are out of network with every dental plan, and we do not bill insurers or verify benefits. You pay the practice directly. If your plan offers out-of-network reimbursement you can pursue that yourself — ask your plan what it needs before your visit, because we cannot complete a claim for you.
Why does the practice work that way?
Working outside insurance is what lets the price be a single number decided here rather than an estimate waiting on a claim to be adjudicated. You know what you are paying before you sit down, and there is no second bill weeks later.
Can the price change after my consultation?
Only if what needs doing changes, and only with your agreement first. The quote covers what was found and planned at the consultation. If the surgeon finds something different, you are told before anything proceeds — not billed for it afterwards.
Can I spread the cost?
Yes. Payment plans are available and are arranged before your surgery date rather than on the day. See the financing page for how they work and who provides them.

Payment plans and financing