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Growth Plate Arrest at the Lower Shin

Missouri rates for HCPCS 27730

Surgery through an incision near the ankle that stops further growth at the growth plate at the lower end of the shin bone in a child or teenager. Halting growth on that side lets the other leg catch up in length, or corrects an angle that is developing. Timing is worked out from x-rays estimating how much growing is left.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Growth Plate Arrest at the Lower Shin cost?

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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$661$617 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$2,042 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $10,233Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $661

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 7.9 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.

Missouri· 34th of 51

$692

AK $2,455TX $309

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.