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Removal of Diseased Bone From the Lower Jaw

Ohio rates for HCPCS 21025

Surgery to cut away a section of diseased or dead bone in the lower jaw, most often when an infection has settled into the bone or an abscess has formed. The surgeon takes the affected bone back to healthy tissue so the area can heal and antibiotics can work on what remains. It applies to the jawbone that carries the lower teeth.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of Diseased Bone From the Lower Jaw cost?

$724

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$692$490 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$1,380 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $631 to $8,318Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $107 to $1,148
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $692

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,380.38
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84

Where Ohio sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Alaska than in Utah. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Ohio· 48th of 51

$724

AK $3,236UT $562

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.