Medicaid dental reimbursement

Adult Dental Cleaning Medicaid Rates by State

A routine cleaning (prophylaxis) that removes plaque and tartar for patients in their teens and up. It is the standard preventive cleaning paired with a checkup. Medicaid reimburses it in 51 of 51 states and DC, from $27 (Minnesota) to $100 (Mississippi).

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Key Medicaid rates for Adult Dental Cleaning

$58
National median (51 states)
$100
Highest: Mississippi
$27
Lowest covered: Minnesota
51/51
States that cover it

Adult Dental Cleaning Medicaid rate by state

What each state’s published Medicaid dental fee schedule pays for adult dental cleaning, ranked highest to lowest. Figures are the representative covered rate per state (CDT D1110).

RankStateCodeMedicaid rate
#1MississippiD1110$100
#2DelawareD1110$90
#3AlaskaD1110$89
#4MissouriD1110$86
#5ColoradoD1110$82
#6VermontD1110$76
#7OregonD1110$73
#8District of ColumbiaD1110$73
#9South DakotaD1110$73
#10MaineD1110$72
#11MassachusettsD1110$68
#12MarylandD1110$67
#13New HampshireD1110$67
#14OhioD1110$65
#15LouisianaD1110$65
#16North DakotaD1110$65
#17West VirginiaD1110$65
#18KansasD1110$64
#19ConnecticutD1110$63
#20VirginiaD1110$63
#21MichiganD1110$62
#22IndianaD1110$62
#23WyomingD1110$61
#24KentuckyD1110$60
#25MontanaD1110$59
#26TexasD1110$58
#27NevadaD1110$58
#28ArizonaD1110$54
#29Rhode IslandD1110$53
#30South CarolinaD1110$53
#31OklahomaD1110$50
#32UtahD1110$50
#33ArkansasD1110$48
#34New MexicoD1110$48
#35IllinoisD1110$48
#36TennesseeD1110$48
#37WashingtonD1110$47
#38HawaiiD1110$46
#39New YorkD1110$45
#40NebraskaD1110$45
#41New JerseyD1110$44
#42IowaD1110$44
#43FloridaD1110$43
#44AlabamaD1110$40
#45CaliforniaD1110$40
#46North CarolinaD1110$40
#47IdahoD1110$38
#48WisconsinD1110$38
#49PennsylvaniaD1110$36
#50GeorgiaD1110$36
#51MinnesotaD1110$27

Common questions

How much does Medicaid pay for an adult dental cleaning?

Across published Medicaid dental fee schedules, adult dental cleaning is reimbursed in 51 of 51 jurisdictions, at a national median near $58 and ranging from about $27 in Minnesota to $100 in Mississippi. These are fee-for-service rates; Medicaid managed-care plan rates differ.

Does Medicaid cover cleaning (adult)?

A routine cleaning (prophylaxis) that removes plaque and tartar for patients in their teens and up. It is the standard preventive cleaning paired with a checkup. It is listed in 51 of 51 states and DC. Pediatric dental is federally mandated under EPSDT; adult coverage is optional and varies by state. Confirm current coverage with the state Medicaid program.

Which state Medicaid pays the most for cleaning (adult)?

Mississippi has the highest listed Medicaid rate for adult dental cleaning at about $100, and Minnesota the lowest among covered states at about $27. The full state ranking is above.

Are these cleaning (adult) rates current?

These rates reflect each state's most recently published Medicaid dental fee schedule, the newest being the 2026 schedule. ProviderSignal refreshes them on the cadence each program publishes, typically quarterly or annually.

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Methodology

Rates are pulled from each state’s published Medicaid dental fee schedule, all public records. A adult dental cleaning can be billed under more than one CDT code (D1110); each state’s figure is the representative covered rate, the median of the first of those codes the state lists, across its localities. A rate of $0 or none means the code is not in the published schedule, treated as not covered. These are fee-for-service schedule amounts (what Medicaid pays when a service is reimbursed), not a coverage or eligibility guarantee, and they do not reflect Medicaid managed-care plan rates. Confirm current rates and eligibility with the state Medicaid program.

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