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Minimally Invasive Repair Of A Chest Deformity

Utah 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?

$1,622

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $5,129 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 7 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$1,585$1,175 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,129$3,388 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $1,585

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,570.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,951.21
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,090.30
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,445.44
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 17th of 51

$1,622

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.