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Open Repair of a Broken Jaw With the Teeth Fastened

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 21462

Surgery that exposes a break in the lower jaw and holds the pieces with plates and screws, while wires or elastics also fasten the upper and lower teeth against each other. Setting the teeth into their normal bite guides the jaw bones into exactly the right position as they heal. Diet is restricted for as long as the teeth are held together.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Repair of a Broken Jaw With the Teeth Fastened cost?

$6,750

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,750 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,738$1,096 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$2,754 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,951
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $1,738

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
$1,096.48
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,162.28
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$22,387.21
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,454.71
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
$512.86
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

New Jersey· 18th of 51

$6,750

$1,738 physician + $5,012 facility

AK $13,607KY $3,727

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.