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Procedure price report · Treatment, facial fracture or dislocation

Complex jaw fracture repair through multiple approaches

CPT 21470the billing code this page is about

Open surgery for a complicated lower jaw fracture using more than one surgical approach, with internal fixation and wiring of the teeth or dental splints.

Hospitals typically charge $4,560 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 354 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,102. Most fall between $1,898 and $9,505 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
354
States
42
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 354 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
$1,501$2,028$4,560$8,803$14,605

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,501 vs $14,605).

How the prices are spread

$1,105 – $1,453: 16 hospitals$1,105$1,453 – $1,911: 38 hospitals$1,911 – $2,513: 36 hospitals$1,911$2,513 – $3,304: 31 hospitals$3,304 – $4,345: 35 hospitals$3,304$4,345 – $5,713: 21 hospitals$5,713 – $7,512: 46 hospitals$5,713$7,512 – $9,878: 47 hospitals$9,878 – $12,990: 18 hospitals$9,878$12,990 – $17,081: 32 hospitals$12,990median $4,560price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (320 of 354 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,105$1,45316
$1,453$1,91138
$1,911$2,51336
$2,513$3,30431
$3,304$4,34535
$4,345$5,71321
$5,713$7,51246
$7,512$9,87847
$9,878$12,99018
$12,990$17,08132

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,048
Median cash price$4,560
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.75×

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 $4,560.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 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: 9 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: median $6,735 across 16 hospitalsMN$6,735Illinois: median $2,055 across 12 hospitalsIL$2,055Wisconsin: median $4,310 across 10 hospitalsWI$4,310Michigan: median $1,506 across 23 hospitalsMI$1,506New York: median $7,000 across 27 hospitalsNY$7,000Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,941 across 15 hospitalsIA$2,941Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,560 across 13 hospitalsOH$4,560Pennsylvania: median $3,908 across 19 hospitalsPA$3,908New Jersey: median $6,548 across 31 hospitalsNJ$6,548Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $14,605 across 29 hospitalsCA$14,605Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals 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 $1,917 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,917Louisiana: median $7,792 across 13 hospitalsLA$7,792Mississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $8,803 across 24 hospitalsTX$8,803Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,560. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA29$14,605+220%$3,359 – $14,605
Texas TX24$8,803+93%$6,434 – $8,803
Louisiana LA13$7,792+71%$2,118 – $15,596
New York NY27$7,000+54%$2,894 – $7,390
Minnesota MN16$6,735+48%$2,615 – $7,902
New Jersey NJ31$6,548+44%$5,339 – $7,894
Ohio OH13$4,5600%$2,979 – $6,383
Wisconsin WI10$4,310−5%$4,310 – $4,310
Pennsylvania PA19$3,908−14%$720 – $10,001
Iowa IA15$2,941−36%$2,941 – $2,941
Illinois IL12$2,055−55%$1,509 – $3,858
Oklahoma OK13$1,917−58%$1,917 – $9,456
Michigan MI23$1,506−67%$1,506 – $2,383
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not 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
Wyoming WY1not 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 $4,560.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care292$5,341$1,917 – $10,200
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access48$3,395$1,509 – $7,902
Ownership
For-profit35$5,341$1,509 – $9,469
Government48$3,408$1,898 – $10,200
Non-profit270$4,560$1,917 – $9,456
System affiliation
Part of a system293$5,234$1,784 – $9,666
Independent61$3,415$2,055 – $7,659

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,055
Median cash price$4,560
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

177 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,941 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,023; most fall between $1,702 and $9,456.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 177 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
$1,492$1,784$2,941$8,803$14,605

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,492 vs $14,605).

Of the 195 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 177 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 2 a list price only.

How complete is this

354 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 396 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted354
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here37
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 — excluded3
Hospitals that filed this code396

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 Treatment, facial fracture or dislocation family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Optx Comp Mandibular Fx Mlt Appr W/Int 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, “Complex jaw fracture repair through multiple approaches (CPT 21470) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-21470-complex-jaw-fracture-repair-through-multiple-approaches