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Jaw Joint Replacement With An Artificial Joint

Minnesota 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 October 2026.

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

$7,370

Typical total for the visit. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,370 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,388 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,388$2,455 to $4,677
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$2,818 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $22,387Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $6,310
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,981professional $3,388

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
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$31,622.78
Typical High
$70,794.58
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,760.83
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,606.93
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,888.44
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$36,307.81
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$125,892.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Minnesota· 26th of 51

$7,370

$3,388 physician + $3,981 facility

AK $30,203HI $4,083

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.