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Procedure price report · Treatment, facial fracture or dislocation

Lower jaw fracture care with repositioning

CPT 21451the billing code this page is about

Treatment of a broken lower jaw without an incision, where the bone is manipulated back into alignment.

Hospitals typically charge $1,913 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 776 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,193. Most fall between $998 and $3,848 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
776
States
49
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 776 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
$743$1,097$1,913$3,457$5,322

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($743 vs $5,322).

How the prices are spread

$577 – $739: 39 hospitals$577$739 – $946: 67 hospitals$946 – $1,212: 67 hospitals$946$1,212 – $1,552: 56 hospitals$1,552 – $1,987: 141 hospitals$1,552$1,987 – $2,544: 55 hospitals$2,544 – $3,258: 96 hospitals$2,544$3,258 – $4,171: 95 hospitals$4,171 – $5,341: 47 hospitals$4,171$5,341 – $6,839: 38 hospitals$5,341median $1,913price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (701 of 776 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$577$73939
$739$94667
$946$1,21267
$1,212$1,55256
$1,552$1,987141
$1,987$2,54455
$2,544$3,25896
$3,258$4,17195
$4,171$5,34147
$5,341$6,83938

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,585
Median cash price$1,913
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.21×

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 $1,913.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,076 across 30 hospitalsWA$2,076Idaho: median $4,054 across 11 hospitalsID$4,054Montana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,512 across 27 hospitalsIL$1,512Wisconsin: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $1,264 across 13 hospitalsMI$1,264New York: median $1,845 across 45 hospitalsNY$1,845Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $3,626 across 18 hospitalsOR$3,626Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,865 across 17 hospitalsIA$1,865Indiana: median $2,022 across 19 hospitalsIN$2,022Ohio: median $1,757 across 31 hospitalsOH$1,757Pennsylvania: median $1,764 across 47 hospitalsPA$1,764New Jersey: median $4,350 across 38 hospitalsNJ$4,350Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,000 across 90 hospitalsCA$3,000Utah: median $891 across 24 hospitalsUT$891Colorado: median $3,261 across 13 hospitalsCO$3,261Nebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $2,177 across 17 hospitalsMO$2,177Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $2,131 across 10 hospitalsVA$2,131Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $873 across 11 hospitalsAZ$873New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $818 across 12 hospitalsTN$818North Carolina: median $864 across 28 hospitalsNC$864South Carolina: median $1,929 across 14 hospitalsSC$1,929Oklahoma: median $1,031 across 27 hospitalsOK$1,031Louisiana: median $737 across 13 hospitalsLA$737Mississippi: median $1,200 across 15 hospitalsMS$1,200Alabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $3,457 across 21 hospitalsGA$3,457Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,964 across 52 hospitalsTX$2,964Florida: median $2,862 across 23 hospitalsFL$2,862
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,913. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ38$4,350+127%$1,641 – $6,864
Idaho ID11$4,054+112%$1,097 – $6,787
Oregon OR18$3,626+90%$3,264 – $4,136
Georgia GA21$3,457+81%$2,863 – $4,218
Colorado CO13$3,261+70%$2,422 – $4,046
California CA90$3,000+57%$1,035 – $5,986
Texas TX52$2,964+55%$2,295 – $3,848
Florida FL23$2,862+50%$943 – $4,340
Missouri MO17$2,177+14%$842 – $2,829
Virginia VA10$2,131+11%$1,776 – $2,435
Washington WA30$2,076+9%$886 – $3,698
Indiana IN19$2,022+6%$1,503 – $2,717
South Carolina SC14$1,929+1%$1,603 – $9,388
Iowa IA17$1,865−3%$1,418 – $1,865
New York NY45$1,845−4%$1,585 – $3,342
Pennsylvania PA47$1,764−8%$919 – $3,350
Ohio OH31$1,757−8%$1,469 – $2,423
Illinois IL27$1,512−21%$553 – $3,205
Michigan MI13$1,264−34%$994 – $2,133
Mississippi MS15$1,200−37%$464 – $1,361
Oklahoma OK27$1,031−46%$728 – $1,734
Utah UT24$891−53%$864 – $1,006
Arizona AZ11$873−54%$873 – $873
North Carolina NC28$864−55%$663 – $1,913
Tennessee TN12$818−57%$705 – $1,524
Louisiana LA13$737−61%$517 – $1,411
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $1,913.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care641$1,865$1,019 – $3,905
Children’s22$2,423$1,582 – $6,941
Critical access110$1,865$905 – $3,264
Ownership
For-profit87$1,799$873 – $4,007
Government111$1,753$864 – $3,157
Non-profit575$1,955$1,031 – $3,989
System affiliation
Part of a system658$1,955$997 – $3,989
Independent118$1,759$998 – $3,325

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,539
Median cash price$1,913
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

591 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,007 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,249; most fall between $994 and $3,848.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 591 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
$773$1,035$2,007$3,557$5,093

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($773 vs $5,093).

Of the 631 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 591 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 23 a list price only.

How complete is this

776 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (20%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 823 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted776
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here26
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 — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code823

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 Mandibular Fracture W/Manipulation.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Lower jaw fracture care with repositioning (CPT 21451) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-21451-lower-jaw-fracture-care-with-repositioning