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Growth Plate Procedure Near The Knee

Montana rates for HCPCS 27475

This is a surgical procedure performed on the growth plate near the bottom of the thigh bone in a child or adolescent who is still growing, done to slow or stop growth on that side of the leg. It's used to correct a difference in leg length or an angular alignment problem such as knock knees or bow legs. Because it works with an open growth plate, it's only appropriate before bone growth is finished.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Growth Plate Procedure Near The Knee cost?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,072 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,072$708 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$1,072 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $933 to $4,571Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,122
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $1,072

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
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,230.27
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,148.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Montana· 17th of 51

$1,072

AK $2,754TX $339

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.