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Minimally Invasive Repair Of A Chest Deformity

Connecticut 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?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $9,550 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$1,259$1,072 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,550$7,413 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $5,248 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $3,162
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,550professional $1,259

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
$4,897.79
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$11,748.98
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
$7,413.10
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,235.94
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 26th of 51

$1,479

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.