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Jaw Wiring For A Non-Fracture Condition

Kansas 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$794$708 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$832 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $562 to $4,786Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $617 to $4,365
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $794

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 23rd of 51

$851

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.