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Radical Breastbone Removal With Lymph Nodes

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 21632

An extensive operation that removes the breastbone, or a large part of it, together with the lymph nodes lying behind it in the middle of the chest. It is done when a tumor involves the breastbone, and the resulting gap in the chest wall is rebuilt so the ribs, heart and lungs stay protected.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Radical Breastbone Removal With Lymph Nodes cost?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,090 from a physician practice, and about $4,074 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,090$2,512 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,074$3,162 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $8,710Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $4,786
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $3,090

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$14,791.08

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 22.4 times more in Massachusetts than in Idaho. 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.

Minnesota· 21st of 47

$3,236

MA $15,136ID $676

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.