Well, we went to the dentist yesterday, and after a long and anxious period (especially waiting at the desk while they inputted the info into the computer) we were told to get that bad tooth out, remove 4 wisdom teeth, and 4 fillings would be around $1500, without the replacement bridge for that bad tooth. Also, the plan we had was very good and should cover most of it, they'd call today and let me know.
Then they called, and said they were told that they couldn't tell them, that they were sending a fee schedule to us and wanted me to fax it over to them. Well, I don't have a fax machine, and don't know where to get access to one. Then they said an estimate (estimate? they were giving us exact figures yesterday) for the replacement bridge would be 1700-2300! This was part of the reason why I didn't want to go back and deal with dentists again, between personal bad experiences and the hassles with payment (remind me to tell you sometime about the dentist that months later socked me with a big bill for what I thought my insurance paid. He later dropped that insurance.)
So I went to one of my backup plans, applying for care credit, and got approved, so I know we can take care of it one way or the other.