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Growth Plate Arrest at the Top of the Shin

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 27477

Surgery that stops further growth at the growth plates near the top of the shin bone and the neighboring outer leg bone in a child or teenager. Halting growth there lets the other leg catch up, or corrects an angle at the knee, as the child keeps growing. Timing is planned from x-rays that estimate how much growth remains.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Growth Plate Arrest at the Top of the Shin cost?

$3,474

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,474 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,202 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,047 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $3,162Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,995
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $1,479

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,584.89
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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

South Dakota· 36th of 51

$3,474

$1,479 physician + $1,995 facility

AK $13,491KY $1,944

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.