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Open Repair of a Broken Breastbone

Montana rates for HCPCS 21825

Repairs a fractured sternum, the flat bone down the center of the chest, through an incision, putting the pieces back into line and holding them there with wires, plates, or screws where fixation is needed. It is done when the break is unstable, badly displaced, or too painful to breathe against. Stabilizing the bone eases the pain and lets the person breathe deeply again.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Repair of a Broken Breastbone cost?

$1,848

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,848 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$617 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$955 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $794 to $7,586Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $85 to $955
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $871

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,096.48
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$16,982.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,848

$871 physician + $977 facility

AK $12,011MT $1,848

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.