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Jaw Wiring For A Non-Fracture Condition

New Mexico 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 New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $933 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$661$617 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$741 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $562 to $4,365Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,905
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $661

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
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$588.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 40th 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.