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Dye Injection Into the Jaw Joint for Imaging

Georgia rates for HCPCS 21116

Injects contrast dye into the joint in front of the ear where the lower jaw meets the skull, so that X-ray images can show the joint space, the cushioning disc, and any leak between compartments. This covers the injection itself; the imaging is done separately. The skin is numbed and the needle is placed with the jaw positioned to open the joint space.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Dye Injection Into the Jaw Joint for Imaging cost?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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$112$51.29 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$631 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $83 to $7,586Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $44 to $324
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,548professional $112

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
$81.28
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$436.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$363.08

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Georgia· 41st of 51

$138

CA $257KY $77.62

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.