Going rate for braces

Totally varies by patient. My orthodontist did offer a 5% discount for cash payment in full.

When we started looking, I made appointments with five different orthodontist to see what the prices were, what the treatment plan was, and see how the office staff was. In my case, all of them had pretty much the same price and treatment plan, but there was definitely a difference in office staff. I wanted to make sure that it was an office that I liked to going into, and that the staff was friendly and easy to work with.

We did end up going with an orthodontist who was less expensive, because he offered $2,000 off if my son and I both went to him. It also happened to be the office where I really like the staff, and there was an in-house coffee bar where you could get coffee, hot chocolate, smoothie, or italian soda at every appointment!

That's less than what we are paying, but our total was for everything---the palate expander and that retainer, and then the braces and the retainer he'll have after those are removed.


That quote sounds reasonable to me.




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About $5600 here when we did it a few years ago.

That is about what we paid. And our ortho gave us a discount for paying our portion in cash up front so we did. It was a couple hundred bucks so well worth it. I think I paid them $3,600 the day we went in to get them put on.

DD finished a few months ago. It was about $5,000. I want to say $5,500, but I may not be remembering correctly. She had Invisiline for about 4 months. Unfortunately, that's the going rate around here.

I will say that they cleaned her teeth when the nubs came off and it was easy to schedule appts, as they were only 10 minutes long. The office was a block from the high school, so it was super easy to work around DD's rehearsal schedules.

Sounds about right to me! (in NY). I am actually paying that amount for my Invislign treatment.

We're paying over $7000 for dd#2 but we're in Canada ... my dental insurance covered about $1200 ... woo freaking hoo   

Her teeth are now straight but she has about a year to go to get her jaw into position ...

Southern Ca here too.

When all is said and done we will have paid about $10,000 for dd.

She required 2 expanders, oral maxiofacial surgery, retainer, a custom tooth pusher expander (to push up a molar that slipped sideways and back after surgery), spacers, and now has full top braces with 1/4 braces on bottom.

Her ortho also does 3D xrays that were $500 out of pocket.

We had to put $980 down, and pay $145 a month.

Our dental covers $1000.



Eta we had to pay $1,087 out of pocket for her surgery. Insurance covered $3000.

I paid $7000 in Canada as well, with a 5% discount for paying up front in full.

I got a quote about five years ago for over $5K, and that was just for remedial work. I didn't pursue it further (also because I wanted invisalign and that ortho refused to consider it).

When I did find an ortho who would do invisalign, they gave me a quote, a 10% discount just because I have insurance (not because insurance would pay, so I'm not sure how that works), and then they told me I could have a further 10% discount if I paid it all up front.

So I got the quote in late summer and asked if I could start in January, which was okay with them. That meant I could budget the funds into my Flexible Spending Account for the year, and my FSA account lets you withdraw against your entire annual election as of the first of the calendar year. And it meant I could pay the whole balance when I started.

We live in PA. Oldest DS had braces starting in 2002. His were $4000 including a palate expander and he wore braces for 2 years. Youngest started his in 2004, with a habit breaker, and his were $6100 with a family discount. For both, we had to put $1000 down and then monthly payments.