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Minimally Invasive Repair of a Sunken Chest

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 21743

Repair of a chest wall that is sunken inwards or pushed outwards, carried out through small incisions at the sides of the chest rather than by opening the front of the chest. A curved metal bar is passed behind the breastbone and turned so that it pushes the breastbone into a more normal position. The bar stays in place for a period and is taken out in a later operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Minimally Invasive Repair of a Sunken Chest cost?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 4 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$1,950$1,479 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$2,042 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $3,020
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,950

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in California than in Minnesota. 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.

Louisiana· 10th of 51

$2,344

CA $7,586MN $1,349

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.