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Wiring the teeth together for a condition other than a break

CPT 21497the billing code this page is about

Placement of wires between the upper and lower teeth to immobilize the jaw for a reason other than a fracture.

Hospitals typically charge $1,940 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 391 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,240. Most fall between $1,057 and $3,914 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
391
States
43
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 391 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
$810$1,306$1,940$3,280$4,477

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($810 vs $4,477).

How the prices are spread

$506 – $646: 10 hospitals$506$646 – $827: 15 hospitals$827 – $1,057: 36 hospitals$827$1,057 – $1,352: 25 hospitals$1,352 – $1,729: 51 hospitals$1,352$1,729 – $2,211: 77 hospitals$2,211 – $2,828: 29 hospitals$2,211$2,828 – $3,616: 39 hospitals$3,616 – $4,625: 53 hospitals$3,616$4,625 – $5,914: 19 hospitals$4,625median $1,940price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (354 of 391 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$506$64610
$646$82715
$827$1,05736
$1,057$1,35225
$1,352$1,72951
$1,729$2,21177
$2,211$2,82829
$2,828$3,61639
$3,616$4,62553
$4,625$5,91419

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,585
Median cash price$1,940
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.22×

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 $1,940.

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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,027 across 13 hospitalsIL$1,027Wisconsin: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $2,133 across 16 hospitalsMI$2,133New York: median $1,753 across 33 hospitalsNY$1,753Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,396 across 11 hospitalsOR$2,396Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,694 across 16 hospitalsIA$1,694Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: median $1,558 across 12 hospitalsOH$1,558Pennsylvania: median $1,025 across 21 hospitalsPA$1,025New Jersey: median $5,110 across 31 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,914 across 40 hospitalsCA$3,914Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $950 across 10 hospitalsCO$950Nebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $1,397 across 13 hospitalsVA$1,397Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $944 across 18 hospitalsOK$944Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,848 across 49 hospitalsTX$2,848Florida: median $1,608 across 10 hospitalsFL$1,608
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,940. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ31$5,110+163%$1,641 – $6,958
California CA40$3,914+102%$1,945 – $3,914
Texas TX49$2,848+47%$1,810 – $3,242
Oregon OR11$2,396+24%$2,192 – $2,396
Michigan MI16$2,133+10%$1,404 – $4,062
New York NY33$1,753−10%$1,708 – $3,762
Iowa IA16$1,694−13%$1,694 – $1,694
Florida FL10$1,608−17%$863 – $5,537
Ohio OH12$1,558−20%$1,206 – $2,398
Virginia VA13$1,397−28%$1,397 – $1,980
Illinois IL13$1,027−47%$501 – $1,291
Pennsylvania PA21$1,025−47%$373 – $3,030
Colorado CO10$950−51%$814 – $1,402
Oklahoma OK18$944−51%$810 – $944
Georgia GA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not 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 $1,940.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care354$1,937$1,069 – $3,914
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access25$2,396$810 – $4,054
Ownership
For-profit40$2,187$836 – $3,670
Government48$1,608$1,052 – $2,848
Non-profit302$1,945$1,149 – $3,914
System affiliation
Part of a system338$1,945$1,183 – $3,914
Independent53$1,697$1,027 – $3,313

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,372
Median cash price$1,940
Cash as a share of list, median hospital56%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 44%. 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

261 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,945 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,303; most fall between $1,027 and $3,914.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 261 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
$814$1,306$1,945$3,242$4,062

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($814 vs $4,062).

Of the 278 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 261 gave a usable cash price; 9 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

391 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 416 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted391
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here15
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 — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code416

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 Oral and Dental Services family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Interdental Wiring Other Than Fracture.

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, “Wiring the teeth together for a condition other than a break (CPT 21497) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-21497-wiring-the-teeth-together-for-a-condition-other-than-a-break