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Jaw Wiring For A Non-Fracture Condition

Michigan 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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$724$617 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$2,138 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $871 to $4,898Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $537 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $724

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
$758.58
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 38th of 51

$741

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.