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Jaw Wiring For A Non-Fracture Condition

Alabama 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?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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 4 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$692$562 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,122 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $776 to $7,244Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $692

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
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 28th of 51

$794

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.