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Jaw Wiring For A Non-Fracture Condition

Oklahoma 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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$589 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$1,202 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $759 to $13,183Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $525 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $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
$741.31
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 12th of 51

$1,000

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.