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Jaw Bone Cut With Tongue Muscle Advancement

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 21199

This surgically cuts through a segment of the lower jawbone and moves forward the point where a muscle at the base of the tongue attaches, advancing that muscle attachment to help keep the airway open. It's typically performed to treat obstructive sleep apnea by preventing the base of the tongue from falling backward and blocking the throat during sleep. The jaw segment is then allowed to heal in its new position.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Jaw Bone Cut With Tongue Muscle Advancement cost?

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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$1,230$977 to $1,622
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$2,570 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,291
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $1,230

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
$1,148.15
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$14,454.40
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
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 6.8 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.

Tennessee· 33rd of 51

$1,318

CA $6,918KY $1,023

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.