Invisalign/Brace - out of pocket

Anonymous wrote:Hi,
Approximately, how much did your kid's braces/ invisalign cost you after insurance?
I was quoted approx. $ 4,500 -$ 4,900 and was told it would take about 16 months for my kid to wear it (this is after insurance). Is this about right?

Thanks!

That was our ballpark cost about 4 years ago. They said up to 18 months but she was done in about a year.

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07/11/2025 12:58

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Anonymous wrote:We’re in Arlington, Invisalign, one teen $5034 after insurance, the other $5946 after (started about 6-9 months later so costs went up). about 18 months for total treatment. We paid a deposit $500, then the payments were spread out over 18 months. There was a slight discount if you paid in full but not a significant amount.

After????

We don’t have dental insurance and paid $3500. Went on a deal time - Arlington too.

Dentist, not ortho

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07/11/2025 15:34

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Anonymous wrote:That is really cheap. My kid's is $8000 for 18 months, but it is 100% OOP.

My kid's is about the same, and included a couple rounds of extractions including an oral surgeon. The increase in the premium I'd have to pay for a policy that gave any ortho coverage only made sense if I also had mine done at the same time, and the timing didn't work out.

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07/11/2025 22:36

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Anonymous wrote:How common are multiple rounds?

I think this may partially depend on the ortho and what is needed. Ours waited until all baby teeth were out to start but my kid needed expander, herbst appliance and braces. We are about 9 months in and it sounds like we have about 6-8 to go with both appliances coming out next month and bottom braces going on. $5500 after ins (which isn’t coving very much).

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07/11/2025 22:42

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I have pretty good insurance (covers half) so my out of pocket is a bit more than $3k. That's for 2 years of braces and headgear starting at age 12.

Child previously had headgear only, at age 9-10. I'm hoping a second round of braces won't be needed after what we're doing now, but they inherited my awful jaw so who knows.

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07/11/2025 22:54

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Yep. Around $5k, plus some offer a ‘retainers for life’ deal.

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07/11/2025 23:00

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$5500, including extraction, braces, and retainer. Treatment is 2 years.