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Minimally Invasive Repair Of A Chest Deformity

Iowa 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?

$1,862

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $6,310 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$1,585$1,175 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,310$4,677 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,884
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,310professional $1,585

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
$1,862.09
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,884.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$1,862

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.