Guide · crowns · vintage 2024

Dental crown cost in the US

According to the ADA Health Policy Institute Survey of Dental Fees (2024), material and CDT, not the word crown alone, set the national private average. State RPP then stretches the row.

$1,312
D2740 porcelain
$1,243
D2750 PFM
$1,243
D2790 full cast
2024
Fee vintage

Material drives the code

Porcelain/ceramic crowns (D2740) average $1,312 nationally in this file, with state private averages from about $1,156 (Mississippi) to $1,572 (New York); PFM (D2750) averages $1,243.

$1,312
D2740 national
$1,243
D2750 national
$1,572
New York D2740
$1,156
Mississippi D2740

The crown CDT is one line in this archive. Build-up (D2950), temporary crown, and root-canal codes are billed separately when they appear on a claim.

National private average by crown CDT

D2752$1,174D2790$1,243D2750$1,243D2740$1,312
Common crown materials in this archive. Prep, build-up, and temporary crowns are separate codes.

Source: ADA HPI Survey of Dental Fees + BEA Regional Price Parities procedure_costs private_estimate · crown CDTs · 2024

A dental crown covers a damaged tooth after a large filling, fracture, or root canal. Patients hear "crown" as one product; billing uses distinct CDT codes by material. The chart above is the national private-average picture in this archive.

Common crown CDTs

  • D2740, porcelain/ceramic ($1,312 national). Most common esthetic crown on front teeth.
  • D2750, porcelain fused to high noble metal ($1,243 national). Metal coping with porcelain overlay.
  • D2790, full cast high noble metal ($1,243 national). All-metal; less common on visible teeth.

State variation

Open the D2740 procedure page (or the matching slug in /procedures/) for the full state table. High-RPP states sit above the national average; low-RPP states sit below, for the identical material code.

The dollar figures in this article are rendered from our procedure-cost database (ADA Health Policy Institute Survey of Dental Fees 2024 averages and state adult-Medicaid coverage records), while the explanation around them is written prose rather than database output. Medicaid dollar values are modeled estimates, not published state fee schedules. Read our editorial standards and corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Our database was last rebuilt on 16 May 2026.

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