Medicaid dental reimbursement

Child Dental Cleaning Medicaid Rates by State

A routine cleaning for children, generally ages 0 to 13. Pediatric dental coverage is the strongest part of Medicaid dental, so this is widely reimbursed. Medicaid reimburses it in 50 of 51 states and DC, from $18 (Minnesota) to $66 (Delaware).

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Key Medicaid rates for Child Dental Cleaning

$43
National median (50 states)
$66
Highest: Delaware
$18
Lowest covered: Minnesota
50/51
States that cover it

Child Dental Cleaning Medicaid rate by state

What each state’s published Medicaid dental fee schedule pays for child dental cleaning, ranked highest to lowest. Figures are the representative covered rate per state (CDT D1120).

RankStateCodeMedicaid rate
#1DelawareD1120$66
#2AlaskaD1120$65
#3WisconsinD1120$63
#4MissouriD1120$62
#5VermontD1120$61
#6ColoradoD1120$60
#7NevadaD1120$60
#8KentuckyD1120$60
#9OregonD1120$57
#10MaineD1120$55
#11South DakotaD1120$54
#12New JerseyD1120$50
#13MarylandD1120$49
#14LouisianaD1120$47
#15District of ColumbiaD1120$47
#16MassachusettsD1120$47
#17West VirginiaD1120$47
#18KansasD1120$47
#19MichiganD1120$47
#20ArizonaD1120$47
#21IndianaD1120$46
#22North DakotaD1120$45
#23VirginiaD1120$45
#24New YorkD1120$43
#25IllinoisD1120$43
#26WyomingD1120$43
#27New HampshireD1120$42
#28New MexicoD1120$40
#29TennesseeD1120$40
#30MontanaD1120$40
#31UtahD1120$39
#32TexasD1120$39
#33OhioD1120$38
#34South CarolinaD1120$38
#35ArkansasD1120$36
#36GeorgiaD1120$36
#37NebraskaD1120$35
#38ConnecticutD1120$35
#39MississippiD1120$35
#40FloridaD1120$33
#41WashingtonD1120$32
#42HawaiiD1120$31
#43IowaD1120$30
#44CaliforniaD1120$30
#45PennsylvaniaD1120$30
#46AlabamaD1120$29
#47North CarolinaD1120$28
#48IdahoD1120$27
#49Rhode IslandD1120$22
#50MinnesotaD1120$18

Not separately listed in 1 jurisdiction: Oklahoma. “Not covered” means the procedure is not listed in that state’s published fee schedule, not that care is unavailable.

Common questions

How much does Medicaid pay for a child's dental cleaning?

Across published Medicaid dental fee schedules, child dental cleaning is reimbursed in 50 of 51 jurisdictions, at a national median near $43 and ranging from about $18 in Minnesota to $66 in Delaware. These are fee-for-service rates; Medicaid managed-care plan rates differ.

Does Medicaid cover cleaning (child)?

A routine cleaning for children, generally ages 0 to 13. Pediatric dental coverage is the strongest part of Medicaid dental, so this is widely reimbursed. It is listed in 50 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 (child)?

Delaware has the highest listed Medicaid rate for child dental cleaning at about $66, and Minnesota the lowest among covered states at about $18. The full state ranking is above.

Are these cleaning (child) 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 child dental cleaning can be billed under more than one CDT code (D1120); 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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Our data sources

Every dataset behind these numbers: NPPES, state dental boards, Medicaid fee schedules, CMS, and OIG exclusions.