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Minimally Invasive Repair Of A Chest Deformity

Tennessee 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?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,413 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 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$1,413$1,122 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$2,455 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,344
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $1,413

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
$1,318.26
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 24th of 51

$1,514

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.