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Minimally Invasive Repair Of A Chest Deformity

Minnesota 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?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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 6 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$1,259 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$2,818 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $3,236
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,365.16
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,762.47
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 44th of 51

$1,259

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.