Compare full-mouth implant quotes for the same prescribed plan
A per-implant headline price or a package total can omit temporary teeth, final prostheses, abutments, diagnostics or other treatment that the clinic has confirmed is required.
This calculator checks written quotes from clinics A and B against one clinician-confirmed identical treatment plan.
It uses actual patient-billed KRW amounts rather than average prices.
Patients and adult children helping with a parent’s budget can identify missing scope and see when cash must be available.
The result supports a request for a corrected itemized quote and written payment terms.
A lower price does not indicate better clinical quality, suitability or outcomes.
Different treatment plans are excluded from the same-plan price ranking.
The Korean jurisdiction notes use sources checked on 2026-11-13 and the relevant 2026 law versions; no statutory fee or insurance percentage is applied to the arithmetic.
Fix the common clinical scope first
Record the plan confirmed by the clinicians
Describe the arch and tooth identifiers, implant count, prosthetic coverage, material and included procedures.
Personal names and identification numbers are unnecessary.
Similar wording does not establish an identical plan if implant positions, restoration design or additional procedures differ.
Leave the relationship unknown until the clinics have clarified the scope.
Activate only the required items in the prescribed plan and enter an item name, specification, required quantity and unit.
Diagnostic, implant, temporary-tooth and final-prosthesis labels are form templates, not a list of procedures every patient needs.
Disable unnecessary rows and add confirmed additional items when required.
The form allows up to 20 active items and a quantity of up to 1,000 per item; these are input limits, not clinical limits or recommendations.
Required quantities and billing quantities serve different purposes
Required and covered quantities
The common plan defines how many teeth, arches, stages or packages must be covered.
Enter each clinic’s actual covered quantity in that common unit.
A shortage or excess needs clarification before the quote can be treated as the same scope.
For a requirement of six implanted teeth, a covered quantity of six describes the clinical scope covered by that row.
Billing quantity
This is the quantity multiplied by the clinic’s unit price.
Six implanted teeth may be covered by one quoted package, making the billing quantity one.
Enter that mapping only after the clinic confirms it.
The calculator never converts a tooth count into an arch or package count automatically.
Matching numbers do not necessarily mean matching units.
Multiplying an arch-level prosthesis price by the implant count, or entering a multi-tooth total as a per-tooth price, changes the result substantially.
If a quote shows both unit and line prices, check that billing quantity multiplied by unit price reproduces the line amount.
The mapping confirmation should cover the recorded specification and scope as well as the quantity.
Separate charges, package inclusions and unknown items
- Separate charge: Enter the actual billing unit, billing quantity and unit price.
Only its quantity × unit price contributes a separate amount to the known subtotal.
- Included in a package: Link the item to a separate-charge row billed as a package at the same clinic.
The included row adds no second charge because its cost has already been counted in the package.
This does not mean the included procedure is free.
- Unknown: Keep the item unknown when inclusion or price is unconfirmed.
A blank amount is not zero, and a partial subtotal is not a complete treatment total.
An inclusion cannot refer to itself or another inclusion row.
Flag a suspected overlap when the quote appears to charge separately for something already included in a package.
Ask the clinic whether this is an additional scope or an incorrect inclusion description, and retain its written response.
The warning alone does not establish duplicate billing or unlawful charging.
Arithmetic checks and price-ranking conditions
Compare line arithmetic with the written total
- Separate line amount = billing quantity × unit price
- Known subtotal = sum of valid separate line amounts
- Comparable total = complete same-scope subtotal after all required mappings are confirmed
- Written-total difference = the difference between the line subtotal and the entered written total
A comparable total requires an identical-plan confirmation, complete required quantities and specifications, valid prices and valid package links.
If a written total is supplied, it must also agree with the line subtotal.
Price ranking appears only when both quotes are comparable, using patient quote totals before direct support deductions.
Equal totals tie; a complete quote does not obtain a rank against an incomplete quote whose missing costs happen to be blank.
A different or unknown plan is excluded from ranking.
Read the known subtotal together with the outstanding questions when only some prices are available.
No finite upper price or supposedly safe range is invented for missing costs.
A lower partial subtotal therefore cannot establish a lower final price.
Enter actual payment dates and immediate support
The four payment stages have editable names and dates to match the actual contract.
They do not apply statutory deposit ratios or standard treatment durations.
Enter the patient amount before direct support and the support deducted directly on that payment day.
Enter an explicit zero when there is no support.
For fewer than four stages, give the unused stages the final payment date and explicit zero amounts.
For more than four, combine payments on the same date or check a separate detailed ledger.
Avoid subtracting insurance twice
Line prices should be the patient-billed amounts confirmed by the clinic.
When national insurance has already been reflected in that patient quote, do not subtract the public insurer’s contribution again as support.
Only confirmed support deducted directly on the actual payment day belongs in the stage support field.
A later dental-insurance reimbursement or support without a confirmed payment time does not reduce the cash needed that day.
Confirm the eligible amount and its timing with the clinic or paying organization.
Unconfirmed entered support is not deducted, and the schedule remains pending.
If support exceeds the stage charge, the deduction is capped at that charge and an excess-support warning remains.
This prevents a negative budget expense; it does not determine a legal benefit limit.
Even confirmed support does not resolve a mismatch between the scheduled charges and the itemized comparable total.
Maximum daily cash and cumulative funding shortfall
Payments on the same date are combined
- Stage net cash = patient charge − confirmed support deducted directly that day
- Daily cash required = sum of net cash for stages on the same date
- Maximum daily cash = the largest daily cash requirement
- Cumulative shortfall = max(0, cumulative net cash through that date − starting available cash)
The ledger sorts dates chronologically and aggregates payments made on the same date.
Two stages falling on one day may require more cash than either individual stage.
Starting cash means funds available for this treatment at the outset; the model does not automatically assume future salary or new borrowing.
The shortfall shows additional funding needed under those inputs, not an approved loan or an amount that can necessarily be borrowed.
The comparable quote total and support-adjusted cash are separate measures.
Ranking compares identical-scope patient quotes before support, while the cash ledger reflects confirmed immediate support and starting funds.
A lower total may still require more money early if payments are concentrated at the beginning.
Do not treat an incomplete schedule with missing dates or amounts as a confirmed payment plan.
Fictional quote example: one package versus separate items
These numbers demonstrate the formulas and are not market prices or a recommended treatment design.
Assume a common plan of six implanted teeth and one arch of final prosthetic work, with both clinics confirming the same scope.
Clinic A charges one KRW 10,000,000 package covering both items; the prosthesis row links to that package.
Clinic B charges 6 × KRW 1,200,000 for implantation plus 1 × KRW 3,000,000 for the prosthesis.
Clinic A: KRW 10,000,000
Billing quantity 1 × package price KRW 10,000,000.
The included prosthesis is not added again.
Once every mapping is confirmed, A ranks first on the pre-support quote total, KRW 200,000 below B.
Clinic B: KRW 10,200,000
Implantation KRW 7,200,000 + prosthesis KRW 3,000,000.
Comparison with A requires confirmed matching scope.
Different materials or prosthetic coverage exclude the quote from the identical-plan ranking even if every price is filled in.
Fictional cash example: dates change the daily requirement
Assume A’s four scheduled charges are KRW 2,000,000, KRW 4,000,000, KRW 0 and KRW 4,000,000 on separate dates.
Only the second date has confirmed direct support of KRW 1,000,000.
The patient quote total is KRW 10,000,000; support-adjusted net cash is KRW 9,000,000.
Maximum daily cash is KRW 4,000,000, and starting funds of KRW 3,000,000 leave a final cumulative shortfall of KRW 6,000,000.
Change a date or a confirmation
If the first two stages fall on the same day, that day needs KRW 2,000,000 + KRW 4,000,000 − KRW 1,000,000 = KRW 5,000,000.
The overall net cash is unchanged, but maximum daily cash rises to KRW 5,000,000.
If the second-stage support becomes unconfirmed, it is not deducted: conservative cash based on confirmed support is KRW 10,000,000 and the schedule remains pending.
These are input scenarios, not benefit approvals or guaranteed treatment dates.
Using the tool and preparing questions for the clinics
- Request written quotes for the same arch, teeth, prosthetic coverage, materials and additional procedures.
- Enter common required items and quantities, then map separate charges and package inclusions for each clinic.
- Confirm actual covered quantities separately from billing quantities and mark the verified mappings.
- Review written-total differences, missing scope and suspected package overlaps.
- Enter actual payment dates, charges, immediate support and available cash to inspect the ledger.
- Save TXT or print the results and request written clarification of missing scope and payment terms.
Ask which package contains each prosthesis, whether a quantity counts teeth or billable cases, and whether temporary teeth or confirmed grafting are omitted.
Check the contract for charges affected by a changed or interrupted treatment plan.
This tool does not calculate cancellation refunds or contract enforceability.
Obtain a revised written quote and schedule rather than continuing with the previous amounts after the scope changes.
Frequently asked questions
Does this show average full-mouth implant prices?
No average or clinic market price is supplied.
The tool checks actual same-plan quotes and leaves incomplete headline prices as a known subtotal.
What if the clinics propose different implant counts?
Do not price-rank them until the clinicians confirm an identical scope.
For different treatment pathways, review the assumptions and limits of the separate lifecycle-cost calculator.
Why does an included item add no further charge?
Its price was already counted in the linked package charge.
The covered quantity and link still require confirmation; an inclusion label alone does not establish matching scope.
How do I distinguish a free item from a missing price?
Enter zero only when the clinic explicitly confirms that value.
Leave unknown amounts blank or unknown rather than giving them a zero-price rank.
Does it decide Korean health-insurance coverage?
It does not determine eligibility or copayment rates.
Use the patient-billed quote confirmed by the clinic, without subtracting already-reflected insurance again as support.
Can a later dental-insurance reimbursement be entered as support?
Only a confirmed deduction made directly on the payment day belongs in this field.
A later reimbursement does not reduce that day’s cash requirement; track it separately in your household ledger.
Does a mismatch prove improper billing?
An arithmetic mismatch is a question to resolve, not a billing-law decision.
Check discounts, added scope, amounts already paid and support treatment against the written breakdown and schedule.
Can the saved result replace a treatment plan?
The result checks the quote and schedule you entered.
It does not establish diagnosis, necessity, quality, suitability or a final payable amount; recalculate when the plan or price changes.
Official Korean sources and review date
Source review date: 2026-11-13.
The Korean context uses the 2026 versions checked through the National Law Information OPEN API.
Medical Service Act Article 45 covers noncovered-fee notice and the restriction on charging above the notified amount.
Enforcement Rule Article 42-2 covers bundled total displays and advance explanation of designated noncovered items and prices.
The effective dates below identify the full law versions retrieved, not dates when those obligations were newly introduced.
No statutory unit prices, insurance rates or standard payment percentages are used.
Recheck current law, quote dates, scope changes, support duplication and payment timing when using the result.