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Procedure price report · Treatment, facial fracture or dislocation

Jaw joint dislocation put back in place without surgery

CPT 21480the billing code this page is about

Manual repositioning of a dislocated jaw joint without an incision; billed for an initial or a later routine reduction.

Hospitals typically charge $317 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,138 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $347. Most fall between $149 and $667 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,138
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 2,138 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
$86$172$317$568$1,047

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($86 vs $1,047).

How the prices are spread

$68 – $93: 122 hospitals$68$93 – $128: 131 hospitals$128 – $177: 193 hospitals$128$177 – $244: 231 hospitals$244 – $336: 325 hospitals$244$336 – $464: 301 hospitals$464 – $639: 276 hospitals$464$639 – $882: 171 hospitals$882 – $1,215: 118 hospitals$882$1,215 – $1,676: 58 hospitals$1,215median $317price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,926 of 2,138 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$68$93122
$93$128131
$128$177193
$177$244231
$244$336325
$336$464301
$464$639276
$639$882171
$882$1,215118
$1,215$1,67658

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$252
Median cash price$317
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.26×

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 $317.

Alaska: median $437 across 14 hospitalsAK$437Maine: median $218 across 19 hospitalsME$218Vermont: median $226 across 11 hospitalsVT$226New Hampshire: median $139 across 17 hospitalsNH$139Washington: median $408 across 57 hospitalsWA$408Idaho: median $335 across 18 hospitalsID$335Montana: median $162 across 21 hospitalsMT$162North Dakota: median $396 across 17 hospitalsND$396Minnesota: median $277 across 74 hospitalsMN$277Illinois: median $350 across 101 hospitalsIL$350Wisconsin: median $187 across 64 hospitalsWI$187Michigan: median $266 across 62 hospitalsMI$266New York: median $354 across 90 hospitalsNY$354Massachusetts: median $559 across 40 hospitalsMA$559Oregon: median $301 across 44 hospitalsOR$301Nevada: median $421 across 14 hospitalsNV$421Wyoming: median $243 across 13 hospitalsWY$243South Dakota: median $370 across 15 hospitalsSD$370Iowa: median $220 across 59 hospitalsIA$220Indiana: median $309 across 41 hospitalsIN$309Ohio: median $346 across 74 hospitalsOH$346Pennsylvania: median $406 across 101 hospitalsPA$406New Jersey: median $869 across 49 hospitalsNJ$869Connecticut: median $165 across 16 hospitalsCT$165Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $600 across 123 hospitalsCA$600Utah: median $416 across 27 hospitalsUT$416Colorado: median $240 across 40 hospitalsCO$240Nebraska: median $287 across 43 hospitalsNE$287Missouri: median $306 across 42 hospitalsMO$306Kentucky: median $292 across 33 hospitalsKY$292West Virginia: median $337 across 31 hospitalsWV$337Virginia: median $223 across 50 hospitalsVA$223Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,348 across 19 hospitalsAZ$1,348New Mexico: median $239 across 21 hospitalsNM$239Kansas: median $232 across 49 hospitalsKS$232Arkansas: median $183 across 19 hospitalsAR$183Tennessee: median $206 across 41 hospitalsTN$206North Carolina: median $277 across 38 hospitalsNC$277South Carolina: median $268 across 44 hospitalsSC$268Oklahoma: median $190 across 52 hospitalsOK$190Louisiana: median $189 across 35 hospitalsLA$189Mississippi: median $162 across 48 hospitalsMS$162Alabama: median $244 across 23 hospitalsAL$244Georgia: median $313 across 62 hospitalsGA$313Hawaii: median $440 across 14 hospitalsHI$440Texas: median $347 across 149 hospitalsTX$347Florida: median $637 across 90 hospitalsFL$637
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $317. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ19$1,348+325%$317 – $4,126
New Jersey NJ49$869+174%$283 – $4,350
Florida FL90$637+101%$162 – $1,008
California CA123$600+89%$377 – $1,047
Massachusetts MA40$559+76%$167 – $1,830
Hawaii HI14$440+39%$200 – $644
Alaska AK14$437+38%$150 – $761
Nevada NV14$421+33%$268 – $707
Utah UT27$416+31%$363 – $466
Washington WA57$408+29%$140 – $588
Pennsylvania PA101$406+28%$212 – $1,225
North Dakota ND17$396+25%$171 – $534
South Dakota SD15$370+17%$215 – $393
New York NY90$354+12%$152 – $701
Illinois IL101$350+10%$160 – $626
Texas TX149$347+9%$196 – $705
Ohio OH74$346+9%$221 – $717
West Virginia WV31$337+6%$221 – $389
Idaho ID18$335+6%$68 – $670
Georgia GA62$313−1%$109 – $560
Indiana IN41$309−3%$178 – $487
Missouri MO42$306−3%$160 – $606
Oregon OR44$301−5%$80 – $479
Kentucky KY33$292−8%$141 – $460
Nebraska NE43$287−10%$143 – $398
North Carolina NC38$277−13%$162 – $497
Minnesota MN74$277−13%$154 – $598
South Carolina SC44$268−16%$249 – $380
Michigan MI62$266−16%$115 – $510
Alabama AL23$244−23%$153 – $445
Wyoming WY13$243−24%$41 – $625
Colorado CO40$240−24%$153 – $535
New Mexico NM21$239−25%$128 – $913
Kansas KS49$232−27%$113 – $434
Vermont VT11$226−29%$149 – $589
Virginia VA50$223−30%$149 – $386
Iowa IA59$220−31%$87 – $459
Maine ME19$218−31%$123 – $243
Tennessee TN41$206−35%$156 – $286
Oklahoma OK52$190−40%$92 – $489
Louisiana LA35$189−40%$99 – $334
Wisconsin WI64$187−41%$86 – $579
Arkansas AR19$183−42%$117 – $501
Connecticut CT16$165−48%$148 – $433
Montana MT21$162−49%$74 – $528
Mississippi MS48$162−49%$80 – $273
New Hampshire NH17$139−56%$56 – $255
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not 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 $317.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,514$347$166 – $746
Children’s33$369$170 – $779
Critical access588$265$109 – $502
Ownership
For-profit224$415$200 – $1,094
Government417$275$110 – $568
Non-profit1,494$328$152 – $662
System affiliation
Part of a system1,697$331$153 – $703
Independent441$275$120 – $578

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$554
Median cash price$317
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

1,596 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $347 and the average of the middle 60% is $370; most fall between $156 and $706.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,596 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
$101$189$347$602$1,047

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($101 vs $1,047).

Of the 1,706 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,596 gave a usable cash price; 40 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 70 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,138 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (54%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,286 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,138
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here67
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 — excluded77
Hospitals that filed this code2,286

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 Temporomandibular Dislocation 1st/Sbsq.

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, “Jaw joint dislocation put back in place without surgery (CPT 21480) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-21480-jaw-joint-dislocation-put-back-in-place-without-surgery