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Jaw Wiring For A Non-Fracture Condition

North Dakota 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?

$1,175

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $708 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$1,230$708 to $1,514
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$589 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $589 to $2,884Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $1,230

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
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 7th of 51

$1,175

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.