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Minimally Invasive Repair Of A Chest Deformity

Montana 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?

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,698 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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$1,698$1,288 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$2,089 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $2,512Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,344
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $1,698

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,570.40
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,511.89
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,511.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 13th of 51

$1,778

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.