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Removal of Diseased Bone From the Lower Jaw

Tennessee 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 July 2026.

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

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$891$724 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,698 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $708 to $8,710Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,778
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,630professional $891

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Tennessee· 28th of 51

$955

CA $2,291DE $759

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.