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Growth Plate Arrest at the Top of the Shin

Vermont 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?

$1,122

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $933 to $1,318.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $468 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,514
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $1,122

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 22nd of 51

$1,122

AK $3,020TX $372

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.