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Jaw Wiring For A Non-Fracture Condition

Illinois 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?

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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$741$617 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$1,023 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $603 to $5,623Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $741

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
$575.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,311.31
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 21st of 51

$891

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.