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Jaw Wiring For A Non-Fracture Condition

Alaska rates for HCPCS 21497

This procedure wires the upper and lower teeth together to hold the jaw in a fixed position for a reason other than a broken jaw. It is used, for example, to stabilize the jaw after certain corrective jaw surgery or to keep it immobile for a period of healing when no fracture is present.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Jaw Wiring For A Non-Fracture Condition cost?

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,778 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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 6 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$1,778$661 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$692 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $525 to $3,981Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $1,778

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
$1,862.09
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,137.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,235.94
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,890.45
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,235.94
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.1 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$1,698

CA $2,570KY $631

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.