Abscessed tooth extraction ?? costs ??

I think I am in the middle of being ripped off. I haven't had enough money to have my teeth worked on and now I have an abscessed tooth and I went back to my dentist I had been seeing for 30 years before I got poor. they charged me $122 to take an x-ray of that one tooth to see if there was enough tooth to save to make a crown and then said there wasn't and then they are sending me to someone they say is good at extracting an abscessed tooth and they want about $600 to extract this tooth, They say they want to charge me an extra $275 to put me under because I might feel some pain ????? what is going on here, I am being charged almost $900 to have one tooth extracted. ?? anyone in the dental field know prices ? I need help as I have to borrow all this money ?????????

Abscessed tooth extraction ?? costs ??
I had an abscessed tooth extracted today. I had never been to this dentist and my insurance was not going to cover him, because he's not in my HMO. I heard he was the best, so I called them Fri. in so much pain, I could have jumped off a bridge. I went in this a.m., they did a digital x-ray, and once he saw the tooth had to come out, he numbed it big time. I swear, after he numbed the area alot..I never felt the needle either, but I think my pain from the abscessed tooth took over anything else at that point, but all I felt was pressure..like when he pulled the tooth out. When it was done, I literally cried, cause I was so happy and expected to be in SOOO much pain and I wasn't at all!! It was all over in 5 mins., or less, and I've been fine all night. This doctor charged me $179.00 for xray and extraction. My other dentist would have given me meds first, and would have sent me to another dentist to have it pulled. I think if I were you, I'd call around. The nurses told me that I did not feel any pain because this dentist knows how to mix the pain meds to numb the area well enough that none of his patients ever feel pain. When I called them Friday, they did say they had payment plans, since my insurance would not cover him.


I know what you are going through, because I kept putting this off..for like 3 yrs. It would get infected, the hmo dentist would give me antibiotics, told me to come back in a week and i never would, cause i was too scared. I have like 3 more to be pulled and am not worried at all now.


Go online and do research in your area. See what dentists offer and make calls. Sooner you get it done, the better you will feel. Good Luck
Reply:Don't know..
Reply:Definite rip off. I had to have a tooth out today - it cost $200 all up. That included an x-ray too. They just numbed the whole area big time, a bit of pressure and pulling and it was out. Find another dentist.