C.B.
My 14 year old daughter has 2 bottom wisdom teeth pulled last week. They were impacting the roots of the 2nd molars and might have killed those, and one of those had to come out since it was impacted itself (growing at a weird angle). The wisdom teeth were not yet out, so it was considered surgery, which our health insurance covered with a copay. The total bill was $2,500 which included anesthesia for 45 minutes and a gaggle of other itemized charges.
But if the teeth are out of the gums and it is truly just "pulling" the charge should be a lot less.
My daughter was not happy to have it done, but it was not painful. She got local novocaine on top of the overall anesthesia (although they did not breathe for her, so perhaps it is called sedation, since anesthesia involves a breathing machine and blood level checks, etc. They only measured EKG, blood pressure and oxygen level continuously. It was done in an office not the hospital). Her mouth was numb from 11 to 7 PM, so the only way she could eat was with a mirror to see where her mouth was, lol! Only soft foods the first day, normal after that. She took 600 mg of ibuprofen around the clock for 48 hours to prevent swelling and help with pain, as well as 10 minutes of ice on the cheeks every hour the first day she had it done, also to prevent swelling. Some ice the next day as well. After the surgery day when you cannot brush or rinse, she started rinsing with salt water to prevent infection. If there is a hole where a tooth was pulled, then it might fill with food and you will get a curved syringe to clean that out, but probably only a week later - they want the scab to form and heal first.
My daughter came out of anesthesia giggling, she found everything hilarious, and then laughed until tears ran down her cheeks. She kept touching her numb mouth and tongue and chin, and would laugh hysterically around the cotton rolls in her cheeks. She looked funny too!
Hope all goes well and costs are covered. Oh, and my daughter went to a sleep over 2 days later, and Anime Boston 5 days later. She was pain free after about 3 days and stopped taking the ibuprofen.