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Growth Plate Arrest at the Top of the Shin

West Virginia 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 July 2026.

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

$1,501

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,501 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $724 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$708 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$724$724 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,630Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,072
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $724professional $776

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
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$831.76
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$954.99
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeWest Virginia $1,501 · 49th of 50
ME $15,662MD $1,422

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.