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Minimally Invasive Repair Of A Chest Deformity

Nebraska 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?

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,622 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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$1,622$1,096 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$6,310 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $16,218Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,622

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
$7,244.36
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$9,549.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,715.35
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 7th of 51

$1,950

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.