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Procedure price report · Treatment, facial fracture or dislocation

Lower jaw fracture care with teeth wired together

CPT 21453the billing code this page is about

Treatment of a broken lower jaw without an incision, stabilized by wiring or banding the upper and lower teeth together.

Hospitals typically charge $5,807 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 754 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,839. Most fall between $2,110 and $10,087 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
754
States
48
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 754 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
$1,166$2,812$5,807$8,710$14,363

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,166 vs $14,363).

How the prices are spread

$925 – $1,229: 45 hospitals$925$1,229 – $1,634: 33 hospitals$1,634 – $2,172: 44 hospitals$1,634$2,172 – $2,886: 38 hospitals$2,886 – $3,836: 36 hospitals$2,886$3,836 – $5,099: 89 hospitals$5,099 – $6,777: 116 hospitals$5,099$6,777 – $9,007: 147 hospitals$9,007 – $11,971: 60 hospitals$9,007$11,971 – $15,910: 80 hospitals$11,971median $5,807price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (688 of 754 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$925$1,22945
$1,229$1,63433
$1,634$2,17244
$2,172$2,88638
$2,886$3,83636
$3,836$5,09989
$5,099$6,777116
$6,777$9,007147
$9,007$11,97160
$11,971$15,91080

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,048
Median cash price$5,807
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.96×

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 $5,807.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 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 $12,335 across 17 hospitalsWA$12,335Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,571 across 20 hospitalsMN$4,571Illinois: median $2,469 across 17 hospitalsIL$2,469Wisconsin: median $4,757 across 12 hospitalsWI$4,757Michigan: median $1,166 across 33 hospitalsMI$1,166New York: median $7,027 across 45 hospitalsNY$7,027Massachusetts: median $8,126 across 12 hospitalsMA$8,126Oregon: median $4,224 across 22 hospitalsOR$4,224Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,469 across 18 hospitalsIA$2,469Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $6,790 across 33 hospitalsOH$6,790Pennsylvania: median $6,826 across 36 hospitalsPA$6,826New Jersey: median $6,553 across 35 hospitalsNJ$6,553Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $11,758 across 62 hospitalsCA$11,758Utah: median $441 across 23 hospitalsUT$441Colorado: median $7,924 across 14 hospitalsCO$7,924Nebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $4,696 across 20 hospitalsMO$4,696Kentucky: median $1,666 across 10 hospitalsKY$1,666West Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $5,358 across 14 hospitalsVA$5,358Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $11,813 across 12 hospitalsAZ$11,813New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $3,665 across 11 hospitalsTN$3,665North Carolina: median $5,836 across 16 hospitalsNC$5,836South Carolina: median $9,705 across 17 hospitalsSC$9,705Oklahoma: median $1,488 across 18 hospitalsOK$1,488Louisiana: median $4,376 across 14 hospitalsLA$4,376Mississippi: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $6,777 across 17 hospitalsGA$6,777Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,795 across 68 hospitalsTX$5,795Florida: median $8,148 across 38 hospitalsFL$8,148
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,807. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Washington WA17$12,335+112%$6,523 – $13,386
Arizona AZ12$11,813+103%$4,783 – $11,813
California CA62$11,758+102%$4,053 – $14,398
South Carolina SC17$9,705+67%$8,913 – $14,101
Florida FL38$8,148+40%$5,240 – $8,664
Massachusetts MA12$8,126+40%$4,464 – $9,929
Colorado CO14$7,924+36%$4,362 – $15,563
New York NY45$7,027+21%$4,265 – $15,058
Pennsylvania PA36$6,826+18%$3,700 – $10,001
Ohio OH33$6,790+17%$1,726 – $8,945
Georgia GA17$6,777+17%$4,190 – $10,411
New Jersey NJ35$6,553+13%$5,339 – $7,894
North Carolina NC16$5,8360%$3,858 – $5,836
Texas TX68$5,7950%$4,738 – $7,521
Virginia VA14$5,358−8%$4,966 – $5,358
Wisconsin WI12$4,757−18%$4,757 – $6,300
Missouri MO20$4,696−19%$1,322 – $7,400
Minnesota MN20$4,571−21%$2,088 – $4,788
Louisiana LA14$4,376−25%$2,061 – $10,962
Oregon OR22$4,224−27%$1,967 – $15,910
Tennessee TN11$3,665−37%$1,015 – $7,402
Iowa IA18$2,469−57%$2,469 – $3,519
Illinois IL17$2,469−57%$925 – $2,895
Kentucky KY10$1,666−71%$925 – $2,746
Oklahoma OK18$1,488−74%$1,488 – $10,089
Michigan MI33$1,166−80%$1,129 – $5,353
Utah UT23$441−92%$363 – $466
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not 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 $5,807.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care638$5,848$2,326 – $10,750
Children’s20$6,458$2,097 – $7,521
Critical access95$4,571$1,162 – $7,130
Ownership
For-profit77$5,917$1,488 – $11,149
Government115$5,518$2,690 – $7,478
Non-profit561$5,807$2,142 – $10,412
System affiliation
Part of a system651$5,807$2,326 – $10,132
Independent103$4,696$1,719 – $8,836

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$9,679
Median cash price$5,807
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

534 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $5,807 and the average of the middle 60% is $6,059; most fall between $1,976 and $11,060.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 534 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
$1,108$2,469$5,807$9,693$14,398

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,108 vs $14,398).

Of the 580 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 534 gave a usable cash price; 25 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 21 a list price only.

How complete is this

754 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 831 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted754
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here48
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded27
Hospitals that filed this code831

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 23, 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 Fx W/Interdental Fixation.

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 fracture care with teeth wired together (CPT 21453) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-21453-lower-jaw-fracture-care-with-teeth-wired-together