The ADA updated Medicaid reimbursement data for dental care services to reflect 2024 information in October.
Delaware had the highest reimbursement percentage at 78%, while nine states did not have any adult dental benefits or were emergency care only.
The organization created a weighted average index across 14 different procedures and compared the Medicaid fee-for-service reimbursement amount to the average dentist charges.
Here is the Medicaid fee-for-service reimbursement as a percentage of dentist charges for adult dental services in every state and Washington, D.C.:
Alabama: No benefit or emergency only
Alaska: 44.5%
Arizona: No benefit or emergency only
Arkansas: 31.2%
California: 41.4%
Colorado: 42.8%
Connecticut: 29.9%
Delaware: 78%
District of Columbia: 39.3%
Florida: No benefit or emergency only
Georgia: No benefit or emergency only
Hawaii: 44.1%
Idaho: 33.9%
Illinois: 26.6%
Indiana: 49.6%
Iowa: 29.9%
Kansas: 38.4%
Kentucky: 41.4%
Louisiana: 56.5%
Maine: 49.4%
Maryland: 45.5%
Massachusetts: 33.9%
Michigan: 51.7%
Minnesota: 33.1%
Mississippi: No benefit or emergency only
Missouri: No benefit or emergency only
Montana: 52.3%
Nebraska: 35.8%
Nevada: No benefit or emergency only
New Hampshire: 11.6%
New Jersey: 12.2%
New Mexico: 36%
New York: 26.1%
North Carolina: 36.3%
North Dakota: 53.7%
Ohio: 50%
Oklahoma: 45.2%
Oregon: 25.5%
Pennsylvania: 28.2%
Rhode Island: 38.2%
South Carolina: 37.6%
South Dakota: 63.4%
Tennessee: 39.6%
Texas: No benefit or emergency only
Utah: No benefit or emergency only
Vermont: 59%
Virginia: 45.4%
Washington: 39.4%
West Virginia: 49%
Wisconsin: 29.1%
Wyoming: 37.1%
