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Open Repair of a Sunken or Bulging Chest

Montana rates for HCPCS 21740

Open surgery to correct a chest wall that is sunken inward or pushed outward. Through an incision over the breastbone, the surgeon reshapes the cartilage and breastbone and holds the chest in its corrected position while it heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Repair of a Sunken or Bulging Chest cost?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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 5 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$1,479$1,202 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$1,738 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $2,042Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,138
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $1,479

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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,041.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,041.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Montana· 14th of 51

$1,738

CA $6,607DE $1,023

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.