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Jaw Joint Replacement With An Artificial Joint

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 21243

This surgery reconstructs the jaw joint, known as the temporomandibular joint or TMJ, by replacing it with an artificial, prosthetic joint device, rather than using the patient's own tissue or donor tissue. It is used for severe jaw joint damage or disease, such as advanced arthritis or a previous failed jaw joint surgery, when other reconstruction options are not suitable. The artificial joint is designed to restore jaw movement and function.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Jaw Joint Replacement With An Artificial Joint cost?

$8,914

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,914 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 66 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,995$1,622 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$3,236 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $23,988Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $5,370
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0M$10.0Mfacility $6,918professional $1,995

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
$1,513.56
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$28,840.32
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 13.9 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee
IN $40,564MD $2,913

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.