It's a Cigna plan through my employer: I don't know how much the company is paying for it, or what fraction of employees are taking the dental coverage. I don't even know how many are taking the medical there, versus how many are getting theirs through a spouse. My share of that is a bit under $80/month; covering the partner would cost us over $300/month. He has medical but not dental from his job.

When I got this crown, back in the 1990s, the insurance I had then didn't cover everything, and I agreed to pay the rest in installments, so I was walking over there on my lunch hour with a check once a month. (I could have mailed them, but I found this dentist because he was close to where I was working at the time, so I was over