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Growth Plate Surgery At Both Sides Of The Knee

Iowa rates for HCPCS 27479

In a growing child, this surgery intentionally stops growth at the growth plates on both sides of the knee, the lower thighbone and the upper shinbone and fibula, at the same time. It's used to correct a leg-length difference or a significant alignment problem in the leg by slowing or stopping growth in a controlled way at multiple points around the knee. Timing is important, since the procedure permanently affects further growth at the treated sites.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Growth Plate Surgery At Both Sides Of The Knee cost?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,445 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,445$933 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$4,169 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $832 to $4,786
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $1,445

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
$1,445.44
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,630.27
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$12,022.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,570.40
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in California 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$1,549

CA $7,943KY $891

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.