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Minimally Invasive Repair Of A Chest Deformity

New York 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?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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 9 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$1,230$1,072 to $1,514
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$3,890 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,239
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $1,230

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
$1,819.70
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,862.09
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$16,595.87
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,011.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,951.21
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50,118.72
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,786.30
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where New York 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.

New York· 20th of 51

$1,549

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.