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Open Jaw Fracture Repair With External Fixation

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 21454

This service surgically treats a broken lower jawbone through an open approach, using a stabilizing frame or pins placed through the skin to hold the bone in the correct position while it heals. It is used for jaw fractures that need more support than simple splinting or wiring can provide. The device stays in place for a period of weeks while the bone mends.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Jaw Fracture Repair With External Fixation cost?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,122 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,122$891 to $1,445
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$1,778 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $631 to $5,888
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,169professional $1,122

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
$4,677.35
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$25,118.86
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,479.11
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
6 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$549.54

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$1,230

AK $1,995TX $110

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.