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Jaw Wiring For A Non-Fracture Condition

North Carolina 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 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 $1,000 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$813$661 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$692 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $575 to $6,761Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $813

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
$691.83
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 23rd of 51

$832

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.