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Minimally Invasive Repair of a Sunken Chest

North Dakota 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?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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$1,479$1,380 to $1,585
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$1,585 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $955 to $4,074
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $1,479

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
$1,548.82
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 48th of 51

$1,549

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.