Dental Benefits

Healthcare Ambulatory Services Dental Benefits Benchmarks

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Dental benchmarks

Healthcare Ambulatory Services Employee Benefits Overview

Updated November 2026

Dental plans typically feature predictable costs and high employee participation rates, making them a staple of most benefit packages.

Our database includes 313 healthcare ambulatory services employers offering 342 verified benefit plans. DPPO plans are the most common (88% of employers), followed by DMO (12%). Fully-Insured funding is the predominant model, used by 83% of industry employers. Most employers offer one plan to employees (49%).

Dental benchmarks cover preventive care coverage, basic and major service cost-sharing, and annual maximums.

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Healthcare Ambulatory Services plan design & cost benchmarks

In-Network Cost Sharing: sample layout
In-Network Benefits
LimitedBalancedRobust
Your Plan
Individual Deductible
$27
$56
$72
$5652Bal
Family Deductible
$94
$121
$198
$12152Bal
Annual Maximum
$1,156
$1,637
$2,414
$1,63752Bal
Ortho Lifetime Maximum
$1,051
$1,638
$1,920
$1,63852Bal
Preventive Coverage
81%
90%
99%
90%52Bal
Basic Coverage
71%
74%
80%
74%52Bal
Major Coverage
51%
54%
59%
54%52Bal

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In-Network Cost Sharing

Deductibles, copays, coinsurance & out-of-pocket maximums

Employee Contributions

Monthly employee premium contributions by tier

Gross Premium Rates

Total monthly premium costs by coverage tier

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Plan Type Mix

% of employers offering each

VERIFIED
DPPO88%
DMO12%

Plan Funding

% of employers by funding

VERIFIED
Fully-Insured83%
Self-Insured15%
Level-Funded2%

Plans Offered

% of employers by plan count

VERIFIED
One Plan49%
Two Plans42%
Three or More Plans9%

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