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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 October 2026.

How much does Cleaning Out Damaged Breastbone Tissue cost?

$7,734

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,734 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,239 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,239$1,413 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$3,715 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $14,125Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $562 to $2,818
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $2,239

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,737.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,715.35
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Connecticut than in Kansas. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$7,734

$2,239 physician + $5,495 facility

CT $8,034KS $1,664

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.