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Jaw Wiring For A Non-Fracture Condition

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $977 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$759$617 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$631 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,950Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,000
$500$1K$2Kfacility $977professional $759

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
$660.69
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$549.54

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 5.6 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.

Arkansas· 27th of 51

$794

AK $2,399TX $427

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.