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Jaw Wiring For A Non-Fracture Condition

Mississippi 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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$676$550 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$617 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,570Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,445
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $676

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
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 44th of 51

$708

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.