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Jaw Wiring For A Non-Fracture Condition

Louisiana 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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$813$676 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$794 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $525 to $3,802Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,023professional $813

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
$537.03
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,096.48
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 24th of 51

$832

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.