NYC Metro Guide
Wisdom Teeth Removal Cost in New York City, 2026
No published source provides NYC-specific oral surgery fee benchmarks, so this page focuses on what is verifiable: the national reference range, the local low-cost pathways, and the coverage rules. Nationally, CareCredit's published cost guide puts all four wisdom teeth at $1,200 to $4,175 depending on impaction and anesthesia (checked June 2026). NYU and Columbia dental school clinics typically charge well below private practice. NY Medicaid covers adult extractions when medically necessary.
What an NYC Quote Costs
There is no published NYC-specific fee benchmark for oral surgery. The ADA discontinued its national Survey of Dental Fees in 2023 and nothing has replaced it (the fee data sources page explains the landscape). The verifiable national reference points, both checked June 2026: CareCredit's cost guide reports a national range of $1,200 to $4,175 for all four teeth depending on impaction and anesthesia, and Aspen Dental publishes an average of $299 per tooth (range $184 to $488) from its 2026 internal data.
To localise a figure, use FAIR Health Consumer's free ZIP-code estimator, built on insurance claims data, then collect two or three itemised CDT-coded quotes from NYC practices: those are the only binding numbers. Within the metro, Manhattan practices in the East 50s, Upper East Side, and Tribeca generally price above outer-borough practices in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx for the same CDT codes, so quotes from more than one borough are worth the phone calls.
NYC Dental Schools and Hospital Oral Surgery
New York City is one of the best US markets for dental school clinic access because three accredited dental schools operate in or near the metro. Each runs an oral surgery clinic where residents perform extractions under faculty supervision at fees materially below private practice.
NYU College of Dentistry
East 24th Street, Manhattan
Oral and maxillofacial surgery residency program. Public clinic open Monday to Friday for evaluation. Expect a wait list for non-urgent surgical extraction; fees are set per case and are typically well below private practice. Confirm directly with the clinic.
Clinic information →Columbia University CDM
168th Street, Washington Heights
College of Dental Medicine oral surgery clinic. Affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian for hospital-based cases. Expect a wait list for surgical extraction; fees are set per case and are typically well below private practice. Confirm directly with the clinic.
Clinic information →Stony Brook SDM
Stony Brook, Long Island (LIRR)
School of Dental Medicine oral surgery clinic. Hospital-based at Stony Brook Medicine. Often a shorter wait list than the NYC schools because it is outside the city. Fees are set per case and are typically well below private practice; confirm directly with the clinic.
Clinic information →Two additional pathways for lower-cost NYC oral surgery: NYC Health and Hospitals operates oral and maxillofacial surgery at Bellevue (Manhattan), Elmhurst (Queens), Kings County (Brooklyn), and Jacobi (Bronx). These accept Medicaid, commercial insurance, and offer sliding-scale fees for uninsured patients. Bellevue in particular is a high-volume teaching hospital with established oral surgery training.
Federally Qualified Health Centres with oral surgery capacity in NYC include NYU Lutheran Family Health Centers (Brooklyn), Charles B. Wang Community Health Center (Chinatown, Flushing), and the Institute for Family Health (multiple locations). Sliding-scale fees apply based on household income.
NYC Insurance Landscape
NYC commercial dental insurance is dominated by Delta Dental, MetLife, Aetna Dental, Cigna Dental, EmblemHealth Dental, and Healthplex. Annual maximums on employer-sponsored dental plans are often modest relative to a full surgical case, so check your plan's maximum and coverage percentage before scheduling, and ask the practice to submit a pre-treatment estimate.
New York union dental plans tend to have more favourable terms. The 1199SEIU Benefit Fund dental plan covers many NYC health workers, and the DC37 dental plan covers NYC municipal workers; both typically carry stronger benefits than commercial market plans. Patients on these plans often pay less out of pocket on a wisdom teeth case than commercial PPO peers; verify the specific benefit terms with the fund before scheduling.
New York Medicaid dental coverage for adults is among the more comprehensive in the US, covering medically necessary extractions including impacted third molars. The pathway is through one of the Medicaid Managed Care plans (Affinity, MetroPlusHealth, Fidelis Care, Healthfirst) which contract with a dental network. The Medicaid fee schedule pays providers materially less than commercial rates, which is why the NYC Medicaid dental network is smaller than the commercial network. NYC Health and Hospitals and the dental school clinics are reliable Medicaid acceptors.
For uninsured NYC patients, the without-insurance page documents dental savings plans, cash discounts, and financing routes that apply nationally. The NYC-specific tactic is to call multiple oral surgery practices for written itemised quotes; the price spread between Manhattan luxury practices and Queens or Brooklyn high-volume practices on the same CDT codes can be substantial.
NYC: FAQ
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Other major metros: Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Miami, Boston, San Francisco, Atlanta. Anchors: 2026 benchmark, all 50 states, no insurance.
Sources: CareCredit wisdom teeth cost guide (checked June 2026); Aspen Dental published pricing (checked June 2026); New York Medicaid Dental; NYC Health and Hospitals; HRSA FQHC Locator; FAIR Health Consumer NYC ZIP estimator.
Not medical advice. Dental school clinic availability and pricing should be confirmed directly with the institution.