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Cleaning Out Damaged Breastbone Tissue

Alaska rates for HCPCS 21627

Removes infected or dead bone and surrounding tissue from the breastbone at the front of the chest. The surgeon cuts back to healthy, bleeding bone so the wound can heal or be closed later. It is most often needed when a chest wound becomes infected after heart or chest surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cleaning Out Damaged Breastbone Tissue cost?

$1,096

Typical facility fee. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $692 to $2,630.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $589 to $7,079
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,884.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 22.4 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 43rd of 50

$1,096

IN $12,023ND $537

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.