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Procedure price report · Treatment, facial fracture or dislocation

Resetting a broken nose with splinting

CPT 21320the billing code this page is about

Realignment of broken nasal bones without surgical incisions, followed by packing or an external splint to hold the bones in position while they heal.

Hospitals typically charge $2,571 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,492 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,570. Most fall between $531 and $4,984 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,492
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 1,492 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
$284$702$2,571$4,559$7,368

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 26× what the cheapest tenth charges ($284 vs $7,368).

How the prices are spread

$219 – $318: 96 hospitals$219$318 – $461: 100 hospitals$461 – $668: 83 hospitals$461$668 – $969: 113 hospitals$969 – $1,405: 83 hospitals$969$1,405 – $2,038: 96 hospitals$2,038 – $2,955: 153 hospitals$2,038$2,955 – $4,286: 278 hospitals$4,286 – $6,215: 207 hospitals$4,286$6,215 – $9,014: 137 hospitals$6,215median $2,571price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,346 of 1,492 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$219$31896
$318$461100
$461$66883
$668$969113
$969$1,40583
$1,405$2,03896
$2,038$2,955153
$2,955$4,286278
$4,286$6,215207
$6,215$9,014137

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,387
Median cash price$2,571
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.76×

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 $2,571.

Alaska: median $2,123 across 11 hospitalsAK$2,123Maine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,959 across 52 hospitalsWA$3,959Idaho: median $6,230 across 17 hospitalsID$6,230Montana: median $379 across 13 hospitalsMT$379North Dakota: median $1,854 across 12 hospitalsND$1,854Minnesota: median $1,494 across 35 hospitalsMN$1,494Illinois: median $2,498 across 53 hospitalsIL$2,498Wisconsin: median $706 across 56 hospitalsWI$706Michigan: median $706 across 55 hospitalsMI$706New York: median $3,936 across 81 hospitalsNY$3,936Massachusetts: median $3,071 across 32 hospitalsMA$3,071Oregon: median $1,163 across 32 hospitalsOR$1,163Nevada: median $2,165 across 11 hospitalsNV$2,165Wyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $3,056 across 11 hospitalsSD$3,056Iowa: median $621 across 37 hospitalsIA$621Indiana: median $1,093 across 30 hospitalsIN$1,093Ohio: median $3,601 across 58 hospitalsOH$3,601Pennsylvania: median $4,092 across 36 hospitalsPA$4,092New Jersey: median $4,327 across 40 hospitalsNJ$4,327Connecticut: median $3,933 across 10 hospitalsCT$3,933Rhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,180 across 111 hospitalsCA$4,180Utah: median $905 across 27 hospitalsUT$905Colorado: median $2,122 across 33 hospitalsCO$2,122Nebraska: median $996 across 36 hospitalsNE$996Missouri: median $1,127 across 36 hospitalsMO$1,127Kentucky: median $427 across 17 hospitalsKY$427West Virginia: median $3,649 across 21 hospitalsWV$3,649Virginia: median $3,405 across 38 hospitalsVA$3,405Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $245 across 17 hospitalsAZ$245New Mexico: median $2,503 across 13 hospitalsNM$2,503Kansas: median $928 across 23 hospitalsKS$928Arkansas: median $1,002 across 16 hospitalsAR$1,002Tennessee: median $295 across 25 hospitalsTN$295North Carolina: median $2,392 across 28 hospitalsNC$2,392South Carolina: median $3,670 across 22 hospitalsSC$3,670Oklahoma: median $318 across 29 hospitalsOK$318Louisiana: median $1,256 across 23 hospitalsLA$1,256Mississippi: median $750 across 20 hospitalsMS$750Alabama: median $2,464 across 18 hospitalsAL$2,464Georgia: median $4,705 across 36 hospitalsGA$4,705Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,475 across 118 hospitalsTX$3,475Florida: median $3,537 across 50 hospitalsFL$3,537
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,571. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID17$6,230+142%$659 – $8,795
Georgia GA36$4,705+83%$875 – $8,630
New Jersey NJ40$4,327+68%$3,593 – $5,855
California CA111$4,180+63%$2,364 – $7,890
Pennsylvania PA36$4,092+59%$1,634 – $6,111
Washington WA52$3,959+54%$1,038 – $5,009
New York NY81$3,936+53%$1,024 – $6,790
Connecticut CT10$3,933+53%$1,630 – $5,229
South Carolina SC22$3,670+43%$2,411 – $4,638
West Virginia WV21$3,649+42%$1,001 – $4,287
Ohio OH58$3,601+40%$455 – $8,116
Florida FL50$3,537+38%$2,488 – $5,570
Texas TX118$3,475+35%$1,513 – $4,616
Virginia VA38$3,405+32%$675 – $5,095
Massachusetts MA32$3,071+19%$1,794 – $5,891
South Dakota SD11$3,056+19%$695 – $7,812
New Mexico NM13$2,503−3%$964 – $3,516
Illinois IL53$2,498−3%$565 – $4,546
Alabama AL18$2,464−4%$499 – $5,740
North Carolina NC28$2,392−7%$1,572 – $3,695
Nevada NV11$2,165−16%$812 – $3,606
Alaska AK11$2,123−17%$630 – $5,586
Colorado CO33$2,122−17%$354 – $4,496
North Dakota ND12$1,854−28%$392 – $3,980
Minnesota MN35$1,494−42%$256 – $3,291
Louisiana LA23$1,256−51%$958 – $4,246
Oregon OR32$1,163−55%$359 – $4,045
Missouri MO36$1,127−56%$398 – $3,033
Indiana IN30$1,093−57%$352 – $2,686
Arkansas AR16$1,002−61%$919 – $2,058
Nebraska NE36$996−61%$471 – $3,192
Kansas KS23$928−64%$314 – $2,661
Utah UT27$905−65%$864 – $1,276
Mississippi MS20$750−71%$440 – $2,600
Michigan MI55$706−73%$141 – $4,782
Wisconsin WI56$706−73%$460 – $2,227
Iowa IA37$621−76%$419 – $3,186
Kentucky KY17$427−83%$220 – $3,897
Montana MT13$379−85%$200 – $1,922
Oklahoma OK29$318−88%$255 – $4,074
Tennessee TN25$295−89%$284 – $2,212
Arizona AZ17$245−90%$245 – $1,334
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not 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 $2,571.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,154$3,314$706 – $5,478
Children’s28$864$450 – $3,065
Critical access306$720$329 – $2,774
Ownership
For-profit166$3,844$1,093 – $6,538
Government245$1,875$419 – $3,865
Non-profit1,077$2,503$511 – $4,799
System affiliation
Part of a system1,221$2,808$628 – $5,095
Independent271$1,549$410 – $4,351

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,146
Median cash price$2,571
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

1,019 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,498 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,577; most fall between $554 and $5,009.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,019 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
$282$706$2,498$4,570$7,285

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 26× what the cheapest tenth charges ($282 vs $7,285).

Of the 1,115 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,019 gave a usable cash price; 43 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 53 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,492 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (38%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,642 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,492
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here87
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded59
Hospitals that filed this code1,642

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 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Treatment, facial fracture or dislocation family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Closed Tx Nasal Bone Fx W/Mnpj W/Stabilization.

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, “Resetting a broken nose with splinting (CPT 21320) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-21320-resetting-a-broken-nose-with-splinting