Braces Price Factors and Financing Solutions [Video Breakdown]

If you’re considering braces for yourself or your child, it’s natural to have questions about the cost. Understanding the total investment can help you feel confident, prepared, and at ease as you take the next step toward a healthier smile. Braces price can vary widely based on a number of factors. This includes the type of orthodontic treatment used, the complexity of the case, and the correction timeline. To help make treatment more manageable, we accept a wide range of insurance plans, including Medicaid for eligible patients and covered services. Plus, to help manage additional outstanding costs, we offer in-office financing and partner with CareCredit.

At the Orthodontists Associates of WNY, we don’t charge for any appointments until treatment begins. So it costs nothing to understand your out-of-pocket costs for a smile correction.

Braces Price Factors Explained

Several factors play a major role in determining orthodontic costs. The type of braces we use, the complexity of your case, and the length of treatment all affect the cost of your orthodontic treatment.

Braces type: Whether you choose metal braces, ceramic, or clear aligners affects price in a variety of ways. In general, metal braces are the most affordable option. Ceramic braces and clear aligners are on the higher end.

Case complexity: The more complex the bite and alignment issues, the longer and more involved the treatment is. This increases the price. More complex cases may also involve additional orthodontic appliances, such as expanders, Herbst appliances, and retainers.

Treatment length: Longer treatment timelines often require more visits, monitoring, and adjustments, which can affect the total cost of care.

These factors vary widely depending on your unique smile correction or your child’s treatment needs. Regardless, we break down every aspect of cost before ever charging you for a single visit. That includes accounting for insurance and financing.

Afford Your Care With Insurance and Financing

We know that costs are at the top of most people’s minds when it comes to life’s biggest investments. That’s why we work hard to partner with the most common insurance companies in the area and offer multiple payment plan options.

Insurance

As a practice, we’ve gone out of our way to become participating providers with the most common insurers in each community across our 7 WNY locations.

Being a participating provider means we’ve negotiated reduced fees for patients who are members of that insurance. When we are in-network with your insurance plan, your benefits are typically applied directly to your treatment cost, which may lower your out-of-pocket expense.

That said, we work with a long list of widely used insurance companies to increase the likelihood that we’re in your network. We even work with Medicaid for eligible patients and covered orthodontic services. If we are out-of-network with your plan, you may still have orthodontic benefits. Our team can help you understand what your plan may reimburse and what you would be responsible for paying.

Financing

To help you manage the remaining expenses, we also offer payment plans that break your bill into manageable monthly payments. We provide two avenues for financing: in-office and third-party.

In-office financing: an interest-free payment plan that spreads treatment costs over months. We can set up automatic payments right in our office.

Third-party financing: Our office also works with a third-party provider, CareCredit. This is a healthcare credit card that offers promotional deferred interest and extended monthly plans, in some cases.

By supporting you through insurance and financing considerations, our practice helps make the cost of orthodontic treatment clearer and less stressful. No matter the price of braces, we will help you explore available options to reduce or simplify your out-of-pocket investment whenever possible.

Learn More in a Free Consultation

There are many factors that go into orthodontic pricing. Braces price varies based on the type of orthodontic treatment we choose, the complexity of the correction, and the timeline for care. Even when that cost feels hefty, we go out of our way to be a participating provider with the most widely used insurances in every area we serve, helping to maximize your available benefits. To help you manage any remaining expenses, we offer in-office financing and work with CareCredit to break down the remaining costs into manageable monthly payments.

At the Orthodontists Associates of WNY, we don’t charge until treatment begins. So it costs you nothing to gain clarity on how much your treatment will cost. Book a free consultation today.