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Jawbone Smoothing After Extractions — Smaller Area

North Carolina rates for HCPCS D7311

Reshaping and smoothing of the jawbone ridge at the time of removing a small number of teeth in one section of the mouth, done to create a more even surface for healing or for a denture or other replacement to fit properly afterward. It is performed as part of the same visit as the extractions, right after the teeth are removed. It covers a smaller stretch of the jaw than the version of this procedure used when more teeth are involved at once.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Jawbone Smoothing After Extractions — Smaller Area cost?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 from a hospital or other facility.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$141$91.20 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$1,023 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,862Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $89 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,288professional $141

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$199.53
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$154.88

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in Texas than in Vermont. 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· 29th of 51

$141

TX $912VT $64.57

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.