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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on bone

Lower jaw rebuilt with a metal plate through the skin

CPT 21244the billing code this page is about

Reconstruction of the lower jawbone using a bone plate placed through an incision outside the mouth.

Hospitals typically charge $4,361 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 239 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,491. Most fall between $1,647 and $8,800 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
239
States
42
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 239 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,308$2,095$4,361$7,232$14,319

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,308 vs $14,319).

How the prices are spread

$859 – $1,147: 8 hospitals$859$1,147 – $1,532: 18 hospitals$1,532 – $2,046: 22 hospitals$1,532$2,046 – $2,733: 35 hospitals$2,733 – $3,650: 18 hospitals$2,733$3,650 – $4,876: 12 hospitals$4,876 – $6,512: 31 hospitals$4,876$6,512 – $8,699: 37 hospitals$8,699 – $11,619: 11 hospitals$8,699$11,619 – $15,519: 29 hospitals$11,619median $4,361price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (221 of 239 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$859$1,1478
$1,147$1,53218
$1,532$2,04622
$2,046$2,73335
$2,733$3,65018
$3,650$4,87612
$4,876$6,51231
$6,512$8,69937
$8,699$11,61911
$11,619$15,51929

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,048
Median cash price$4,361
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.72×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $4,361.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,794 across 11 hospitalsIL$1,794Wisconsin: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $2,891 across 11 hospitalsMI$2,891New York: median $7,000 across 21 hospitalsNY$7,000Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,542 across 14 hospitalsIA$2,542Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $756 across 18 hospitalsPA$756New Jersey: median $6,311 across 23 hospitalsNJ$6,311Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $14,319 across 23 hospitalsCA$14,319Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,647 across 12 hospitalsOK$1,647Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $6,350 across 19 hospitalsTX$6,350Florida: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,361. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA23$14,319+228%$14,319 – $14,319
New York NY21$7,000+61%$7,000 – $7,390
Texas TX19$6,350+46%$6,350 – $6,350
New Jersey NJ23$6,311+45%$4,627 – $6,553
Michigan MI11$2,891−34%$2,655 – $8,140
Iowa IA14$2,542−42%$2,542 – $2,542
Illinois IL11$1,794−59%$1,308 – $2,542
Oklahoma OK12$1,647−62%$1,647 – $1,647
Pennsylvania PA18$756−83%$616 – $10,001
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $4,361.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care210$5,110$1,727 – $8,800
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access22$2,542$1,308 – $9,579
Ownership
For-profit23$3,575$1,308 – $8,913
Government34$2,767$1,798 – $7,000
Non-profit181$5,339$1,647 – $9,579
System affiliation
Part of a system197$5,339$1,647 – $8,913
Independent42$2,727$1,727 – $7,659

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,896
Median cash price$4,361
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

140 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,752 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,781; most fall between $1,647 and $9,579.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 140 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,308$1,713$2,752$6,383$14,319

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,308 vs $14,319).

Of the 150 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 140 gave a usable cash price; 9 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 1 a list price only.

How complete is this

239 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (6%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 256 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted239
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here14
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded2
Hospitals that filed this code256

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on bone family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Rcnstj Mndbl Xtroral W/Transosteal Bone Plate.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Lower jaw rebuilt with a metal plate through the skin (CPT 21244) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-21244-lower-jaw-rebuilt-with-a-metal-plate-through-the-skin