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Minimally Invasive Repair Of A Chest Deformity

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $6,607 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$1,202$1,096 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,607$3,548 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,607professional $1,202

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
$1,258.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,344.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,964.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,128.61
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,445.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 39th of 51

$1,349

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.