I know this varies from hospital-to-hospital and country-to-country, but here's the breakdown of most of my costs. Thankfully, I have health insurance so I do not have to pay the full amount. Hospital Costs: Semi-Private Room Hospital Stay (recovery + 1 night) - $3,199 Supplies, medications, labs - $21,175 Anesthesia - $14,035 Operating Costs - $42,716 Surgeon Costs - $12,700 Total $$$ - $93,825 My insurance only had to pay $11,119 of that. So after all those crazy charges... Insurance was charged 12% of the actual cost. Seems ridiculous, right? My co-payment - $250 My co-insurance- $659 (hospital) + $399 (anesthesia bill) Braces cost ≈ $3,900 (Not covered by any insurance, sadly. I pay $164 monthly.) Total I owe ≈ $5,208 That doesn't include my co-payments from visits, blood work, x-rays, medications, jaw surgery supplies, etc. So when it's all said and done it will have cost me about $5,400 . The braces being the bulk of the cost, but it's still qui...