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Jaw Wiring For A Non-Fracture Condition

Idaho 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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 8 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$1,000$759 to $1,230
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$759 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $589 to $4,786Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $1,000

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,011.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 14th of 51

$1,000

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.