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Removing an Object Embedded in the Jawbone

Alabama rates for HCPCS 41806

Takes out a foreign object lodged in the tooth-bearing bone of the upper or lower jaw, cutting through gum and bone as needed to reach it. Objects reach this bone through injury, a dental procedure, or a broken instrument or fragment left behind. The wound is cleaned and closed once the object is out.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removing an Object Embedded in the Jawbone cost?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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 4 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$380$288 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,072 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $617 to $5,129Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $257 to $794
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $380

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$575.44

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Minnesota 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.

Alabama· 28th of 51

$407

MN $759KY $309

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.