When arranging anesthesia services for your child’s dental procedure, it’s important to understand how the costs and insurance coverage work. Anesthesia fees are separate from your dental bill, and insurance coverage can vary depending on your plan. Below, we provide key information to help you navigate this process.
The professional fees for your anesthesiologist are billed separately from your dental bill, and our services are available by request through your pediatric dental office. Pediatric Dental Anesthesia Associates (PDAA) is out-of-network with all insurance companies and cannot accept insurance assignments.
Many medical insurance companies do not cover anesthesia services for office-based dental care.
We provide a superbill to help you file for potential reimbursement directly with your medical insurance. This means you’ll submit the claim yourself.
By filing the claim directly, you may save as we are able to pass along cost savings to our patients.
Due to the relatively new introduction of office-based anesthesia (OBA) for dental care, many health plans have not yet reviewed or approved this service as a covered benefit. Your specific health plan may not currently consider OBA for pediatric patients as a covered service.
However, as more parents request OBA for their children’s dental treatment, the reimbursement process is expected to become easier, and more health plans will likely begin covering this mode of care.
