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Open Repair of a Sunken or Bulging Chest

Wyoming 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 October 2026.

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

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,344 from a physician practice, and about $7,762 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,344$1,950 to $2,951
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,762$6,457 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $15,849Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $3,548
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,762professional $2,344

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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 14.8 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Wyoming· 3rd of 51

$2,344

AK $4,169TX $282

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.