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Putting A Dislocated Jaw Back In Place

Montana rates for HCPCS 21480

Treats a lower jaw that has slipped out of its socket in front of the ear. The clinician places their thumbs inside the mouth on the back teeth and presses down and back until the joint returns to position, with no incision. It covers a first dislocation and also repeat episodes in someone whose jaw comes out often.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Putting A Dislocated Jaw Back In Place cost?

$217

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $217 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $79.43 to the doctor who performs it, and $138 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$79.43$48.98 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$138$52.48 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $49 to $316Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $42 to $229
$50$100$200$500facility $138professional $79

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$223.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$316.23
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$316.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$616.60
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$213.80

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 12.6 times more in New York than in West Virginia. 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$217

$79.43 physician + $138 facility

NY $2,696WV $214

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.