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Minimally Invasive Repair Of A Chest Deformity

Washington, DC 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 physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,259 to $4,266.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $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
$1,258.93
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,388.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$29,512.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 28th 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.