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Minimally Invasive Repair Of A Chest Deformity

North Carolina 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?

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,445 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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$1,445$1,175 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$1,318 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $19,498Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $2,188professional $1,445

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
$8,709.64
Typical High
$45,708.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$10,232.93

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$1,445

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.