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Jaw Wiring For A Non-Fracture Condition

Arizona 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?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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 5 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$708$603 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,413 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $741 to $6,607Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $708

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
$1,584.89
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 36th of 51

$759

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.