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Minimally Invasive Repair Of A Chest Deformity

Colorado rates for HCPCS 21742

Corrects a breastbone that sits abnormally, whether sunken inwards or pushed outwards, by passing a curved metal bar through small incisions on each side of the chest and using it to hold the breastbone in a normal position. No long cut is made across the front of the chest and no cartilage is taken out. The bar stays in place for a period of years and is then removed in a second, smaller operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Minimally Invasive Repair Of A Chest Deformity cost?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $7,586 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 7 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$1,230$1,202 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,586$3,981 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,291
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $1,230

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,630.27
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,238.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Colorado sits

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

Colorado· 4th of 51

$2,138

CA $7,586HI $1,175

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.