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Closed Repositioning Of A Broken Jaw

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 21451

This service treats a broken lower jawbone by manually repositioning the bone into proper alignment without surgically opening the area. The jaw is often then stabilized with wiring or a splint while it heals. It is used for fractures that can be corrected without an incision.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Closed Repositioning Of A Broken Jaw cost?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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$813$676 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$1,023 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $776 to $4,467Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $813

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
$831.76
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.2 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.

Louisiana· 24th of 51

$912

CA $3,631KY $692

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.